Give the definition of whistle blowing
Informing authorities about unethical practice, in particular unethical professional practice
What was the main aim of bocchiaros study ?
To investigate the rates of obedience, disobedience and whistleblowing in a situation where no physical violence was involved, but quite clear the instructions were ethically wrong
Where were all the participants from in bocchiaros study?
VU University of Amsterdam
How many participants were there in the main study of bocciaros study?
- 149
- 96 women
- 53 men
- mean age 20.8
Describe the sampling method used in bocchiaros study
- volunteer sampling
- a flyer was put up in the university cafeteria
give the assumptions of the social area of psychology
- the social context, such as actual, imagined presence of others, impacts on how people behave
- individual behaviour is affected by situational factors, for example the environment we find ourselves in
whats the key theme of bocciaros study?
responses to people in authority
what was the iv in Bocciaro’s study?
there wasnt one
what was the dv in Bocciaro’s study?
obedience, disobedience, whistleblowing
what was the design of Bocciaro’s study?
-controlled observation in a lab setting
give a strength of using a lab experiment in Bocciaro’s study
a strength of a lab experiment is the highly standardised setting it eliminates extraneous variables,
Bocchiaro controlled the amount of time left alone and the same cover story,
this makes it replicable increasing the reliability of the study.
