Bocchiaro

• When was the study done?

  2012
• Where did the study take place?

  Amsterdam university
• How many participants were there?

  160 but 11 were dropped due to suspicion
• What sampling was used?


  Volunteer sampling with flyers in the cafeteria
• How much were they paid?

  €7 or course credit
• Was it androcentric or gynocentric?

  Gynocentric because there were 96 females
• What were the materials?


  - A research committee ethics form- HEXACO-PI-R test and the SVO test (the decomposed games measure)
• What was the result of the personality tests?

  No significant results
• Why did they use pilot studies?

  To standardise the experimenters behaviour and to check that it was reliable
• How many participants were in the pilot studies?

  96
• How many pilot studies were there?

  8
• What was the cover story?

  Investigating sensory deprivation
• What were the participants asked to do first?

  Write a statement to convince their friends to take part in the study
• What part of the study tested whistle blowing?

  Writing to tell the research committee if the study was ethical or not
• How many participants were in the comparison group?


  138
• Why was there a comparison group?

  To collect predictive results to compare to the actual results
• How many (%) predicted they would've obeyed?

  3.6%
• How many (%) actually obeyed?

  76.5%
• How many (%) said they would've disobeyed?

  31.9%
• How many (%) actually disobeyed?


  14.1%
• How many (%) said they would've whistle-blew?

  64.5%
• How many (%) actually whistle-blew?

  9.4%
• What did whistleblowers tend to have?

  More faith
• What were the conclusions?

  - People believe that they are 'better than average', which may make them blind to social pressures and thus more vulnerable to them- Situational rather than dispositional (Individual) factors may offer a better explanation for disobedience