Experiment 2

• Field experiment conducted in New York
• 48 adult pedestrians of an estimated average age of 46 years participated
• Dime and meter scenario


  Participants were asked to give a dime to pay for a parking meter
• Independent variables

  • Guard and civilian (authority)
  • Surveillance and non-surveillance
• Surveillance condition


  Experimenter stood with the participant next to the parking meter while the confederate stood nearby the car
• Non-surveillance condition


  Experimenter approached the participant in the street, asked them to give the dime, then walked away and was out of sight before the participant reached the parking meter
• Surveillance had no significant effect on whether participants obeyed or not
• The guard was obeyed significantly more than the civilian, replicating experiment 1