Milgram

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    • Aim of Milgram's study
      To investigate the 'Nazis are different' hypothesis
    • Participants of Milgram's study
      40 males aged between 20 and 50
    • Where did Milgram's study take place?
      Yale University
    • What were the participants in Milgram's study told the study was on?
      Learning and memory
    • Who were the participants met by in Milgram's study?
      Experimenter in a grey coat and a stern demeanour
    • What were the roles in Milgram's study?
      • Experimenter
      • Teacher
      • Learner
    • Who was the teacher in Milgram's study?
      The participant
    • Who was the learner in Milgram's study?
      A confederate pretending to be a particpant
    • What happens to the learner at the beginning of Milgram's study?
      "Electrode" is attached to his wrist and paste is applied in another room from the teacher
    • Where is the teacher taken in Milgram's study?
      A room with the shock generator unit
    • What was the range of voltage on the shock generator unit in Milgram's study?
      15 - 450
    • What was the teacher told about the shocks in Milgram's study and what was the truth?
      • Told it would be painful but would not kill the learner and cause no permeant damage
      • In reality it was a high enough dosage to kill them
    • What is the teacher told to do in Milgram's study?
      Administer electric shocks on an increasing scale for each wrong answer
    • What did the learner say at 120v in Milgram's study?
      "The shocks are very painful"
    • What did the learner say at 150v in Milgram's study?
      "Get me out of here"
    • What did the learner say at 180v in Milgram's study?
      "I can't stand the pain"
    • What did the learner say at 270v in Milgram's study?

      Agonised screams
    • What did the learner say at 300v in Milgram's study?

      Pounding on the wall
    • What did the learner say after 300v in Milgram's study?
      Silence
    • First prod from the experimenter in Milgram's study?
      "Please continue" or "Please go on"
    • Second prod from the experimenter in Milgram's study?
      "The experiment requires that you continue"
    • Third prod from the experimenter in Milgram's study?
      "It is absolutely essential that you continue"
    • Fourth prod from the experimenter in Milgram's study?
      "You have no other choice, you MUST continue"
    • What happened after the fourth prod in Milgram's study?

      The experiment is terminated
    • Percentage of participants that went to 300v in Milgram's study?
      100%
    • Percentage of participants that went to 450v in Milgram's study?
      65%
    • Were Milgrams participants happy to go up to higher voltages?
      No they had fits of nervous laughter, sweated, groaned, trembled, even pleaded to stop
    • Conclusion of Milgram's study
      The Nazis are different hypothesis was disproven anyone in the right conditions is likely to show blind obedience
    • Milgram follow up: Run down office building
      47.5% 450v
    • Milgram follow up: Instructions over the phone
      20.5% 450v
    • Milgram follow up: Teacher and learner in the same room
      40% 450v
    • Milgram follow up: Teacher had to force learner's hand on to plate to receive shock
      30% 450v
    • Milgram follow up: Teacher given support from 2 other teachers (confederates) who refuse to continue

      10% 450v
    • Milgram follow up: Teacher paired with an assistant (confederate) who threw the switches
      92.5% 450v
    • What type of participants were less obedient in Milgram's study?
      Educated participants
    • What type of participants were more obedient on Milgram's study?
      Military personnel
    • Who studied cultural differences in Milgram's study?
      Smith and Bond
    • What did Smith and Bond find?
      85% in Germany and 40% for male Australians
    • Strength of Milgram's study

      Reliability
    • Why is "reliability" a strength of Milgram's study?
      • In a recent (2012) French reality TV show, contestants were paid to give electric shocks when ordered to by the presenter
      • 80% gave the maximum of 460 volts to an 'unconscious' man
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