Obedience

Question 1

what’s obedience

Answer 1

vertical - fitting in with authority.

Question 2

describe milgram

Answer 2

• Confederate was given tasks. If they got it wrong, the participant was asked to press buttons which gave (unbeknownst to the participant) fake shocks to the confederate, who would scream. Shocks were of increasing intensity
• Experimenter wouldn’t let them stop
• Most people obeyed them despite resistance.

Question 3

what variation to milgrim’s experiment had little impact?

Answer 3

o Shocked confederate couldn’t give verbal feedback

o Confederate gives verbal feedback

Question 4

what variation to milgrim’s experiment had a slightly reduced percentage of those who gave the fatal shock?

Answer 4

o Teacher can see confederate
o Teacher told to hold confederate’s hand down when shocked
o Experimenter’s instructions given from phone
o Study conducted in rundown office, not at Yale

Question 5

what variation resulted in no one giving the shock?

Answer 5

when second experimenter disagreed with first experimenter about continuing the session

Question 6

what variation resulted in 93% of people giving the fatal shock?

Answer 6

when teachers told another confederate to deliver shocks, and teacher knew they weren’t giving shocks