Burger

• Which contemporary study is the provided text about?

  Burger (2009) replicating Milgram
• Why won't the exam ask a specific question about Burger (2009)?

  The examiner won't know which study was learned
• What could you be asked to do regarding the Burger (2009) study on the exam?

  Describe it in general or evaluate it overall
• What acronyms can be used to generally evaluate a study?

  APRC and GRAVE
• What specific aspects of the study might you be asked about?

  Methods, findings, reliability/validity, generalisability/application, ethics
• Who carried out the partial replication of Milgram's study?

  Jerry Burger
• Why is Burger's study considered a "partial" replication?

  It included alterations to make it more ethical
• What was one of Milgram’s variations that Burger included in his study?

  Learner having a "heart condition" in the script
• What was Milgram’s Variation #17?

  A second confederate teacher encourages the participant to stop
• How does Burger’s study show how scientific research proceeds?

  It replicates Milgram’s study to see if conclusions still hold
• What does it mean if the conclusions of a study do not hold true today?

  They are "time locked"
• How does Burger’s study illustrate features of the Social Approach?

  It explores how situations dictate people’s behaviour
• What individual differences did Burger investigate?

  Personality
• What aspect of scientific methodology does Burger's study highlight?

  The power of the experimental method
• What experimental design did Burger use?

  Independent Groups design
• Why did Burger stop the shocks at 150V?

  To make the study more ethical
• What happened at 150V in Milgram's Variation #5?

  The point where the heart condition was announced
• What is the "point of no return" in Milgram's Variation #5?

  150V
• What assumption is Burger making when stopping the experiment at 150V?

  Participants going beyond 150V would go all the way
• What two traits did Burger focus on regarding individual differences?

  Empathy and locus of control
• What is empathy?

  The ability to put yourself in someone else’s position
• What is locus of control?

  The importance that autonomy and independence has for you
• How did Burger measure empathy and locus of control?

  Using questionnaires
• What did Burger check for at the end of the study?

  Statistical link between scores and shocks delivered
• What makes Milgram's obedience studies so significant?

  Implications for understanding the worst human behaviors
• What was the first aim of Burger's study?

  To replicate Milgram's 1963 study
• What was the second aim of Burger's study?

  See if personality variables influence obedience
• What was the third aim of Burger's study?

  See if a disobedient “model” makes a difference
• What was the main IV in Burger's study?

  Base condition compared with the “model refusal” condition
• What is meant by independent groups design?

  It compares different groups of participants
• How was obedience measured as the DV in Burger's study?

  Volts of the last shock delivered
• How many participants were in Burger's sample?

  70 participants
• What type of sample was used in Burger's study?

  Volunteer sample
• How much were participants paid in Burger's study?

  $50
• What was the age range of participants in Burger's study?

  Aged 20-81
• Why did Burger screen out potential participants?

  To avoid undue stress
• What were some reasons Burger dropped volunteers?

  Heard of Milgram, psychology classes, anxiety, drug dependency
• What was the experimenter in Burger's study?

  A white man in his 30s
• How strong was the test shock that the participant received?

  15V
• How many multiple choice questions did the teacher read out?

  25