Burger's Contemporary Study

• When was Burger's study?

  2009
• What were the aims of Burger's study

  • To see if Milgram's findings were Era-Bound
  • To see if Milgram's findings were Andocentric
• What was Burger's sample?

  • 70 adults (29 men and 41 women)
  • Aged 20 to 81 (Mean age 42.1)
  • 60% had Uni Degrees
  • 55% White, 4% Afro-American
• What technique did Burger use to collect his sample?

  Volunteer - Put up flyers in many public places
• What safeguards were put in place that improved on Milgram's ethics and experiment as a whole?

  • Shocks were only went up to 150 V
  • Two Step Screening excluded those who were vulnerable and/or knew Milgram's Study on obedience
  • 15 V was given at the beginning and not 45 V
  • Participants were debriefed immediately
  • Clinical Psychologist on the sideline to detect if the Participant was too distressed
  • Experiment would be terminated if they reached 150 V or defied all 4 Verbal Prods
• What were the findings of Burger's Study?

  Milgram's 150V -> 82.5%

  Burger 150V -> 70%

  Men -> 66.7%

  Women ->72.7%

  Defiant -> EC - 19.25, DPC - 106.92

  Obedient -> EC - 19.20, DPC - 98.24
• What was Burger's conclusion?

  • Milgram's findings weren't Era Bound nor Andocentric
  • Lack of Empathic Concern does not effect Obedience, but Desire for Personal Control does. However Desire for Personal Control doesn't effect Defiance