Weaknesses

• Smith and bond

  • Argue that most replications have taken place in western societies meaning there must be caution when attempting to generalise findings
• Orne and Holland

  • Suggested variations were even more likely to trigger suspicion because of the extra experimental manipulator (e.g wearing regular clothes would make it easier for the ppt to figure it out)
• Mandel

  • Argues situational explanations highly oversimplifies the causes of the holocaust and are offensive to survivors