Milgram A01

• According to the text, what should students expect from the examiner regarding this study?

  Detailed knowledge of the study
• Besides general questions, what type of specific inquiries might the exam include about Milgram's study?

  Details on recruitment or explanations for obedience
• What kind of comparison could the exam ask you to make regarding Milgram's study?

  Compare it with a different approach study
• What are the key terms associated with Milgram's study?

  • Authority Figure
  • Confederate
  • Naive Participant
  • Obedience
  • Observation
  • Prods
  • Shock Generator
  • Volunteer Sample
  • Yale University
• In what year was Milgram's original obedience study conducted?

  1963
• Where was Milgram's famous obedience study carried out?

  Yale University
• What event inspired Stanley Milgram to conduct his obedience study?

  The trial of Adolf Eichmann
• What hypothesis was Milgram testing with his obedience study?

  Ordinary people could obey immoral orders
• What percentage of participants did Milgram's students predict would obey in the study?

  About 1%
• What is the significance of Milgram replicating his study multiple times?

  To see what raised or lowered obedience
• What did Burger's 2009 study aim to determine about Milgram's conclusions?

  If they still hold true today
• What aspect of the Social Approach does Milgram's study illustrate?

  Situations dictate behavior
• What is the "dispositional view" of behavior contrasted with in the text?

  Behavior comes from personality
• What type of data was gathered in Milgram's study using the observational method?

  Quantitative and qualitative data
• What type of environment did Milgram set up to observe obedience?

  A controlled environment
• What specific type of observation did Milgram use in his study?

  Structured observation
• Why did Milgram want to reduce obedience to its essential decision?

  To avoid interference from outsiders
• According to Milgram, what characteristic should the task have for the participant?

  Go against the participant’s conscience
• What did it mean for the participants to be "naïve" in Milgram's study?

  Not aware of being studied
• How did Milgram recruit his naïve participants?

  Through a newspaper ad
• What type of sample was used in Milgram's study?

  Volunteer sample
• How much money were participants paid for their time in Milgram's study?

  $4
• How did Milgram observe the participants during the experiment?

  Through a one-way mirror
• Who played the role of the "Experimenter" in Milgram's study?

  Mr Williams
• What was Mr. Williams' profession according to the text?

  Stern biology teacher
• What role did "Mr. Wallace" play in Milgram's study?

  Confederate
• What role did Mr. Wallace have during the experiment?

  Learner
• What did the Teacher watch Mr. Wallace being strapped into?

  An electric chair
• How much voltage was the "Teacher" shocked with to prove the electric chair was real?

  45V
• What assurance were participants given about the shocks they would administer?

  Not cause lasting damage
• What was the voltage range on the shock generator in Milgram's study?

  15V to 450V
• What was the Teacher's job in the experiment?

  Deliver shocks for wrong answers
• How much did the shock level increase with each wrong answer?

  15V
• How were the Learner's answers determined?

  Pre-set
• What percentage of the Learner's answers were wrong?

  Three-quarters
• At what voltage did the Learner begin to bang on the wall and stop answering?

  300V
• What were the Experimenter's orders regarding 'no answer' after 300V?

  Treat 'no answer' as wrong
• What were the pre-scripted statements used by the Experimenter called?

  Prods
• Under what conditions would the observation stop in Milgram's experiment?

  All four prods used or reached 450V
• What prods did the Experimenter use?

  • Please continue.
  • The experiment requires you to continue.
  • It is absolutely essential that you continue.
  • You have no other choice but to continue.