Milgram study

• What was Milgram's explanation into obedience? Milgram wanted to see if the Germans were the only people who had this trait or if it was generalised.
• What was the aim of Milgram's experiment? To see if individuals would obey orders of an authority figure that incured negative consequences
• What was the sample for Milgram's study? 40 Male 20-50 volunteers
• What was wrong with Milgram's sample? Small, Ethnocentric, Androcentric, age limited and volunteers are different
• What were the people who volunteered for Milgrams study told? They were told it was a memory test
• Where was Milgrams experiment based?


  Yale University
• What was the punishment system in Milgrams study? Increasing electric shocks given to the learner by the teacher if they gave an incorrect answer

  15 to 450 volts
• How did Milgram authenticate his study to participants? The teacher was given a 45 volt electric shot
• What was the obedience rate for Milgrams experiment?


  62%
• What were most of the participants showing during Milgrams study? Signs of distress like sweating
• What does Milgrams study show about the Germans are different hypothesis? The hypothesis is false, this is because the participants who took part were ordinary Americans
• What were the conclusions for Milgrams experiment? People will obey orders that distress us or go against thier moral code
• What were the hopes/ practical applications of Milgrams study? It would help form strategies to reduce destructive blind obedience (Not much has actually changed)
• What are the experimental evaluation points of Milgrams study? Lacks EV- artificial

  High controls- Standardised
• What type of experiment was Milgrams study?


  Controlled observation
• What were the Ethical issues with Milgrams study? -Psychological harm: Sweating

  -Right to Withdraw: verbal prompts

  -Deception: Told it was memory and Learning test

  -inducement to take part: Payment
• How did Milgram control for some ethical issues? -Debrief

  -Reunited with the Learner

  (Only 2% of pps regretted taking part)

  Consider cost benefit analysis
• What are the Evaluation points of Milgrmas variations? -Lack of internal validity: pps could gave worked out it was fake. Makes results unclear if whether or not they are genuine

  -Cross-cultural variations: Findings have been replicated in other countries and it all varied. For Spanish students had obedience was 90% obedience