milgrams study

Question 1

what was the aim of stantely milgram study

Answer 1

Stanley Milgram wanted to understand why the Germans that committed the holocaust repeatedly said they were just following orders, wanted to understand the obedience of the germans.

Question 2

procedure of his baseline test

Answer 2

volunteer sample of white 40men between 20-50 years of age
they varied from unskilled workers to professionals and were promised 4$
they were introduced to a man wearing a grey technicians lab coat. Participants were told that they could drop out at any moment

results- 65% administered the full 450V shock and 100% complied to the 300V shock before dropping out 12.5% of the sample dropped out , they trembled , sweated, bite their lips , dig fingernails into their flesh 35% showed nervous laughter, 3 participants had blown seizures

Question 3

evaluate mailgrams study

Answer 3

study was standardised meaning every participant had the exact same experience. The study is replicable.
However it went against ethical issues of deception and causing of the psychological harm to the participants that thought the learner was dead

Question 4

Experiment 5

Answer 4

moving to a differing location wasn’t as posh as yale university the learner also stated to have a heart condition

results-
results were the same
65% of the men were obedient

Question 5

experiment 10

Answer 5

aim - to study the obedience rates if the environment had a significant impact.

procedure- rundown office block , participants were told the study was being run by a private firm

results -
47.5% were obedient
still showed doubts in their voices

Question 6

experiment 7

Answer 6

aims- study the rate of obedience when being instructed over the telephone
procedure-
experimenter gave the orders over the phone and only 9/40 complied with 22.5% complying
many lied on the phone on giving the shocks gave a weaker shock , when the researcher came back into the room the defiant participants were obedient once again.

Question 7

experiment 13

Answer 7

an ordinary man giving orders
the same researcher was still present it was made to appear that he had to leave due to circumstances
results
80% refused to comtimue when an ordinary man gave them orders

Question 8

evaluate experiment 10

Answer 8

collected both quantitative and qualitative data and in the form of audio recordings

Question 9

evaluate experiment 7

Answer 9

it reinforces the social impact theory of the immediacy the proximity of the source of authority as well as the obedience rates.
milgrams generalises to other naturalistic situations.

Question 10

evaluate experiment 13

Answer 10

the internal validity is questioned

Question 11

evaluate mailgrams reaserches as a whole

Answer 11

mailgram had about 900 participants in total meaning there could have been a crossover of those who already partook in the study could expose and discuss the study which mean the study could have been jeopardised