Milgram study

Question 1

A03- lacked realsim/validity

Answer 1

-Orne and Holland (1968) participants didn’t believe
-responding to demand characteristics and how expected to behave
-however, pretence in distress, anxiety, not pretending

Question 2

A03- unethical

Answer 2

-condemned highly unethical
-exposed to high levels of stress
-ethically unacceptable to harming
-no protection from harm
-no right to withdraw

Question 3

A03- resreach to support

Answer 3

• Hoffling (1966)
  -naughty nurses experiment
  -22 nurses, gave dummy drug
• shouldn’t have but listened to authority
• 21/22 obeyed fake doctor
• control group, 22 wouldn’t have

Question 4

A03- research to support

Answer 4

• Sheridan and king( 1972)
  -high levels of obedience
• believed it was real when they shocked puppies
  -75% obedience
  -obey in situations

Question 5

what was the aim of Milgram’s study

Answer 5

• Germans are different hypothesis
• Germany have a higher obedience
• hitler= popular co operation to wipe Jews out
• American study was a pilot for this

Question 6

what was the procedsure for milgrams study

Answer 6

• memory and learning
  -punishment in form of electric shocks
• one person was teacher, one was student
• teacher delivered the shocks
  -levels of voltage + verbal 15v -450 v
  -teacher instructed , evry mistake was a shock
• 300 v mr wallace stopped repsonding

Question 7

what were the findings of Milgram’s study

Answer 7

• obedience rates were people who sent the shocks to 450v
• 65% obedience rate
• extreme distress
• took away right to withdraw
  -verbal prods “ please continue”

Question 8

what was the conclusion of Milgram’s study

Answer 8

-hypothesis was false
high obedience levels tend to obey authority
- would act obediently to a certain point