Situational A01

Cards (14)

  • Proximity variation
    T and S in same room
  • Obedience from 1st proxy
    Fell down from baseline 65% to 40%
  • 2nd proxy
    T forcing L's hand on electro shock plate when refused to answer question
  • Obedience in 2nd proxy
    Fell further to 30%
  • 3rd proxy

    Experimenter left room gave instructions via telephone
  • Further reductiondue to 3rd proxy

    obedience fell to 20.5%
  • Pretended
    Ppts often pretended to give shocks
  • Weaker shocks
    Ppts often gave weaker shocks than they ordered to
  • Location
    Milgram changed location to a run down building
  • Obedience in new location
    Obedience fell to 47.5% in the new location
  • Uniform
    Experimenter wore a grey lab coat
  • Telephone
    Experimenter was called away due to an inconvenient telephone
  • Confederate
    A member of the public took the experimenter's role
  • Obedience with the confederate
    Obedience fell to 20% in the presence of the confederate