milgrams variations

Question 1

outline experiment 7

Answer 1

telephone instructions - after initial instructions the experimenter left the lab and gave his orders by the phone. obedience fell to 20.5% and ppts delivered lower shocks then was meant.

Question 2

outline experiment 10

Answer 2

rundown office block, in an industrial city Bridgeport, money remained the same. three room office ‘sparsely furnished, clean’. 48% obedience. 2 ppts refused to give 15V shock.

Question 3

outline experiment 13

Answer 3

ordinary man gives orders - the experimenter does not at any point indicate the shock levels that need to be administered. a rigged phone call takes the experimenter away from the lab. the confederate tells the learn to increase the shock every time they get it wrong. 16/20 didn’t complete the study.