situational variables affecting obedience - milgram

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  • obedience
    someone acts in response to direct order from a figure with perceived authority
  • milgram’s study of obedience
    lab in yale
    learner tested on ability to remember word pairs whilst in the room next door - teacher gave learner electric shock when they answered incorrectl, each wrong answer led to increase in voltage 15-450 V
  • milgram’s study of obedience findings
    26/40 (65%) went to 450 v - fatal
    all went to 300v, only 5 (12.5%) stopped there