Uniform

• What uniform did the experimenter wear in the baseline?

  A lab coat
• What was the lab coat a symbol of in the baseline?

  Authority
• What was the uniform variation?

  Role of experimenter taken over by 'ordinary member of the public' (confederate) in everyday clothes
• What did the obedience rate drop to in the uniform variation?

  20%
• What is the explanation for why changing uniform leads to decreased obedience?

  Uniforms 'encourage' obedience as they're symbols of authority, so someone without a uniform has less right to expect our obedience