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Social Psychology Qs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Milgram's Aim: investigate the process of obedience by testing how far an individual will go in __________ ____ _____________ ___________. | obeying an authority figure |
| What type of study is Milgram's? | Controlled observation |
| Why is Milgram's study a controlled observation? | No IV (independent variable) is present -But variables are controlled like an experiment |
| Milgram: How many participants? Gender split? | 40 All male participants |
| What sampling methods was used? | Volenteer sampling |
| How did the participants volunteer for the study? | Applied to a newspaper advertisement (asked for volunteers in a study of memory and learning at Yale University) |
| When the participants showed up to the lab they were ______ _________ | paid $4.50 |
| Prior to the study, 14 Yale seniors were asked to predict the behaviour of 100 _______________ ______________. | hypothetical participants |
| In the study, the participant was always assigned the role of the ______________. | Teacher |
| The learner role was always a ________________ named Mr Wallice. | confederate |
| The teacher conducted a paired word test on the learner and had to give him an _______ _______ for every wrong answer | electric shock |
| The machine's shocks ranged from ___________ volts. | 15-450 |
| Electric shocks increased in intensity for every wrong answer by ______ volts | 15 |
| At 300 volts Mr Wallace pounded on the wall and made _____ ________________ _______________. | no further replies |
| If the teacher turned to the experimenter for advice on whether to proceed, the experimenter responded with a series of ____________________ __________ eg’ “Please continue | standardised prods |