Strengths

• Bickman

  • Conducted a field experiment where confederates dressed as either milkman, security guard or in A suit and issued orders to people on the streets of New York
  • People were twice as likely to obey the security guard condition then the suit condition
• Raaijmakers

  • Dutch ppts were ordered to say stressful comments to interviewees (confederates) who were desperate for a job
  • They found 90% obedience if authority figure was present and this dropped as the proximity increased between authority figure and ppt