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level: obedience, Milgram's electric shock

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level questions: obedience, Milgram's electric shock

QuestionAnswer
Where did the Milgram experiment take place and year?Yale, 1963
What were the participants originally told they were going to take part in?A study about learning and punishment
What happened to the participants at the start of the experiment ?They met another participant called Mr. Wallace who was actually part of the experiment (confederate of Milgram)
How did they decide if they were going to be a teacher or a learner?They flipped a coin
What was weird about the coin they flipped?They fixed it so that Mr. Wallace would always be the learner.
What was the participant asked to do when Mr. Wallace got the question wrong?They had to give him an electric shock
What were the range of voltage of the shocks?15 volts - 450 volts (classed as fatal)
What were the shocks?They were fake but the participants thought that they were real
What did Mr. Wallace do for this experiment?He gave the wrong answer on purpose and placed in a separate room but his screams and protests to stop could be heard.
How did they persuade the participants to continue?In the room, was a person with a white coat who said that 'the experiment requires them to continue'
How many of the participants administered the highest voltage to Mr. Wallace?65% of participants
How many of the participants to 300 volts (classified as the intense shock) ?All participants tested went to 300 volts
What was the aim of the experiment?Blind obedience
What is blind obedience?Is when we obey an order from an authority figure without question; this tends to be associated with a negative outcome
What are the 3 situational factors affecting the experiment?Proximity of authority, legitimacy of authority, and rebellious peers
What happened after 300V's?The screaming stopped and he fell silent
How did the experimenter make the participants continue?Gave pre-determind, standardised prods like 'the experiment requires you to continue'
How many participants refused to go past a certian voltage?2 participants refused to go psat 210v
Percentage of people that stopped when the learner first objected?12.5%
Percentage of people that backed out around 300 - 450V35%
How were the participants found?News paper ad
Participants?40 male participants