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  • Milgram
    study on obedience
  • what was milgrams study?
    a controlled observation
  • how were participants selected in milgrams study?
    self-selected
  • what was the dependent variable for milgrams study?
    the voltage of shock given/ obedience
  • what was the minimum level of shock in milgrams study?
    15 volts
  • what was the maximum level of shock s given in milgrams study?
    450 volts
  • where did milgrams study take place?
    Yale University, america
  • how many participants were in milgrams study?
    40 men
  • what were some of the verbal commands given by the experimenter in milgrams study?

    'please continue'
    'it is absolutely essential that you continue'
  • how many participants were seen as fully obedient by obeying until 450 volts? in milgrams study?
    26/ 40 obeyed until 450 volts
  • what was the furthest that all participants obeyed until in milgrams study?
    40/40 participants obeyed until 300 volts.
  • strengths of milgrams study?
    collected both quantitative and qualitative data
  • weaknesses of milgrams study?
    many ethical issues
  • what is one of the main ethical issues in milgrams study?
    participants right to withdraw was ignored numerous times due to the verbal commands given by the experimenter.
  • bocchiaro
    disobedience and whistleblowing
  • how many participants took part in bocchiaros study
    149 participants
  • where did bocchiaros study take place?
    vu univeristy, amsterdam
  • how many pilot studys did bocchiaro have?
    eight
  • what were the results from bocchiaro study?
    obedient - 76.5
    disobedient - 14.1
    whistle-blowers - 9.4
  • strengths of bocchiaros study?
    both genders took part
    most ethical issues were covered (pilot studys)
  • weaknesses of bocchiaro's study
    deception
    demand characteristics
  • piliavin
    subway Samaritans
  • how many people took part in piliavins study?
    4450 people
  • where did piliavins study take place?
    new york
  • what type of experiment was piliavins?
    field experiment
  • what was the independent variable in pilavins study?
    the type of victim
    the race of the victim
  • what was the dependent variable in piliavins study?
    the time taken to help or the number of helpers
  • how long was the train journey?in piliavins study?
    70 seconds
  • what were the two conditions of the victims in piliavins study?
    drunk victim
    cane victim
  • what were the results in pilavins study
    cane victim was helped 95% of the time
    drunk victim was helped 50% of the time
  • how long did it help for people to help each victim in pilavins study?
    cane victim was helped roughly after 5 seconds
    drunk victim was helped roughly after 109 seconds
  • 90% of the helpers in Piliavin's study were male
  • strengths of Piliavin's study
    • standardised procedure
    • high ecological validity
  • weaknesses of piliavins study?
    • lack of victim representation
    • ethnocentric
  • levine
    cross-cultural alturism
  • how many countries did levines study take place in
    23 countries
  • what type of sampling was used in levines study?
    opportunity sampling
  • how many participants took part in levines study?
    1198 participants
  • what was the independent variable in levines study?
    the city that the study took place in
    the helping measures
  • what was the dependent variable in levines study?
    the rate at which people helped in each country
    whether it was:
    • dropped pen
    • hurt leg
    • blind person