research into obedience weakness

• Gender bias – all male participants – however variation number 8 was on female participants and showed similar obedience levels – 65% - more empathetic and nervous

  One limitation of Milgram study on the research into obedience is gender bias. This is evident as all participants to the study were male 40 members. This conveys that the findings of his study is not generalisable to the female heavy population of the earth and only recognises the male cognition for obedience therefore lacking generalisable validity. However later research in variation number eight which showed that woman
• Another limitation of Milgram’s research into obedience is that it lacks temporal validity. This is evident as the study was conducted in the 1960’s which may emphasise the lack of validity as since the sixties there have been various cultural changes in western society conveying that the findings of this study make lack validity in the modern day as variables such as access to the internet and greater interest into psychology which were not available in the sixties may have changed the human cognition in response to obedience.