Procedure of Miligram's experiment

- 40 male american ppts volunteered, they believed it was an experiment to test the relationship between learning and punishment - ppts were paid 4.50 dollar for taking part in the study - Two ppts (one confederate) were asked to draw lots to decide who was the learner and who was the teacher. - the teacher was asked to administer electrical shocks at increasing power whenever the learner got an answer wrong. - learner was not in the room with them - volts went from 15 to 450 volts, at 315 volts the learner stopped responding, suggesting they had passed out or even died. When the teacher hesitated to administer the