milgram V7 essay plan

• Milgram variation 7 (telephonic instructions) AO1

  AIM: see if removal of physical presence of experimenter would change obedience levels

  . changed by experimenter giving orders over the phone rather than face to face

  RESULTS: 22.5% fully obedient, ppts lied over phone (said were increasing voltage when weren't), found it easier to resist authority, ppts became obedient when experimenter entered room

  CONCLUSION: physical presence of authority is an important situational factor that increases obedience
• Milgram variation 7 AO3 weakness

  . lacked external validity and mundane realism = could be a misinterpretation of how people act - proven by Hofling when most ppts obeyed over the phone = doesn't show obedience in real situations

  .CA = exp was mainly looking on altering one variable from from the original, lacked application to real situations to allow for comparison

  . So What: still lacks ability to apply data directly to daily occurrences of obedience so is weak
• Milgram variation 7 AO3 strength

  high experimental control = higher reliability - lab exp so variables well controlled and standardised = cause and effect can be established so reliability is high

  CA: high control an lab exp = lack of mundane realism, behaviour may not have reflected real life obedience

  SW: despite this, experiment was meant to reflect the original with only one variable change so had to have a lack of mundane realism in order to stay standardised to the original to allow for comparison between them