Obedience:situational variables

• How did uniform and legit, of authority-the experimenter being an ordinary man in plain clothes-affect obedience?

  decrease to 20%
• How did proximity-experimenter giving instructions over the phone-impact obedience?

  decrease to 21%
• How did proximity-teacher and learner in the same room- impact obedience?

  decrease to 40%
• How did location and legitimate authority-conducted in a run down office block- impact obedience?

  decrease to 48%
• How did agentic shift-someone else admistrating the shock- impact obedience?

  increase to 92.5%
• What research supports this?(+)


  Field experiment in NYC-Bickman had 3 confederates dress in different outfits.the confederates individually stood in the street and asked passers-by to perform tasks such as picking up litter or handing over a coin for the parking meter.People were twice as likely to obey the assistant dressed as a security guard than the one dressed in jacket and tie.
• What cross cultural replications supported Milgram?(+)

  Meeus and Raaijmakers used a more realistic procrdure than Milgrams to study obedience in Dutch participants.Participants were ordered to say stressful things in an interview to someone desperate for a job.90% obeyed.