obedience

Question 1

Milgrams shock study (1963) - procedure

Answer 1

• volunteer sample of 40 men (study on ‘learning and punishment’)
• real ppts paired with confederates
• told to teach learner (confederates) word pairs
• if the learner got an answer wrong the ppt had to administer an electric shock of increasing voltage
• experimenter provided a verbal prompt

Question 2

milgram - findings

Answer 2

• 100% administered 300 volts
• 65% administered full 450 volts
• nearly all will obey an unjust order

Question 3

milgram - strength

Answer 3

point - research support
evidence - (Beavois et all, 2012) replicated milligrams study
- 80% delivered full shock
- same behaviour as original
explain - supports milligrams findings

Question 4

milgram - weakness

Answer 4

point - broke ethical guidelines
evidence - deception, lack of protection from harm, right to withdraw unclear (verbal prompts)
explain - justified this by debriefing his ppts

Question 5

milgram - weakness

Answer 5

point - limited sample
evidence - all american males, women more likely to conform than men (they question it)
explain - can’t be applied to everyone