Obedience Flashcards
(11 cards)
What is Obedience?
A form of social influence which an individual follows a direct order. The person is a figure of authority. Who has the power to punish the forthcoming.
Explain Milgrams research?
- Milgram designed a baseline procedure that could be used to asses obedience levels. Was later adapted by Milgram
Explain Baseline procedure of Milgram?
- 40 american volunteered to take part in the study.
- When they arrived at the lab they were introduced to another participant who was a confederate. The con is the learner and participant is the teacher. Was always fixed so participant always got teacher. Also someone in a lab coat at the back.
- Aimed to test obedience in a situation where the authority figure gave the participant to give an electric shock to a learner in a different room. 15v to 450v.
Explain baseline findings in Milgrams experiment?
- Every participant delivered shocks up to 300v. 12.5% stopped at 300v. 65% went to the highest level of 450v. (They were fully obedient)
- Milgram also signs of participants sweating ,tremble ,stutter and bite their lip. 3 even had seizures.
Explain other data in Milgram’s Study?
14 psychology students predicted the participants behaviour. They said they expected 3?% to go too 450v. This shows the findings were unexpected.
- Later a questionnaire was put and 84% said they were glad they participated.
What was Milgram’s conclusion on the experiment?
- German people are not different and that his participants were willing to obey orders even though they miht harm another person. There are factors which influence obedience.
Explain further the procedure of Milgram’s research?
- men ages 20-50. who came from USA. Were paid $4.50. Mr Wallace the learner was strapped in a chair and given a smaller shock. The teacher was given a small shock to experience themselves.
- Each mistake there was a stronger fake shock by pressing buttons on a machine. They were labelled single shock to danger.
- At 300v learner pounded wall and at 315 he pounded again
What were the 4 prods the experimenter used for the teacher to carry on.
- 1)Please carry on
- 2The experiment requires you to continue\
3)Its essential u continue
4)You have no choice go on
Explain strength of Milgram?
- Replicated in french documentary that was about reality tv.They were payed to give electric shock in a game show to other participants who were actually payed actors. 80% of participants went to a maximum shock of 460 v and the actions were almost identical to Milgram.
- This supports Milgram
One limitation of Milgram’s procedure?
- He may not be testing what he intended to. 75% said they beleieved the shocks were real. Martin and charles said they acted because theu didn’t beleive in the set up. She listened to the tapes of Milgram and that only half of them thought it was real. 2/3 were disobedient .
- This suggests they were reacting to demand characteristics to fulfil aims of the study.
Explain Hofling?
- An unknown doctor telephoned 22 doctors asking them to administrate a drug that was not on their ward list. 21 out of 22 obeyed. And they obeyed without question.
