Milgram ( obedience )

• Procedure of the Milgram (obedience) study


  1. Experimenter wearing authoritative uniform

  2. Prods to ensure participant stayed on task
• Experimenter wearing authoritative uniform

  Affected obedience
• Prods in Milgram study


  Ensured participant stayed on task
• 65% of participants went to the end (450v) under persuasion of an authority figure in Milgram study
• Milgram study helped us understand why the holocaust happened
• Procedure of the Milgram (obedience) study

  1. Participant and stooge randomly allocated to roles of teacher or learner

  2. Paired-associate learning task began
• Learner


  • Strapped to an 'electric chair' apparatus
  • Apparatus in a separate room
  • Experimenter explained straps to prevent excessive movement
  • Electrode attached to learner's wrist with paste to avoid blistering
  • Told electrode attached to shock generator
  • Told shock would be painful but not cause permanent damage
• Teacher/naïve participant


  • Given a sample shock of 45 volts from the third button on the shock generator