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Milgrams Obediance

Milgrams obedience study and evaluation

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How was Milgrams study inspired? War events
What was Milgrams aim? To prove 'obedience defence'
Who did Milgram recruit? 40 white American men
How old were the ppts? 20-50
How were the ppts recruited? A newspaper ad
Who was the learner? Actors
What did the voltage range to? 15-450v
What role did the ppts have to play? The teacher
What did the ppts have to do? Tested learners on word pairs and shocked them when they made an error
When the ppts first hesitated, what did the person of authority say? 'please continue'
When they hesitated a second time, what did they get told? 'the experiment requires you to continue'
When the ppts hesitated a third time, what were they told? 'it is absolutely essential that you continue'
What was the final thing they were told when they hesitated? 'you have no choice but to continue'
how many ppts obeyed even til giving a possible deadly shock? 65%
100% of ppts continued to what voltage before stopping? 300v
what did Milgram conclude from this study? that ordinary people would follow instructions from people of authority, even until the point of harming/ killing another person
Whats a srength of a lab study in Milgrams research? high levels of control, high levels of validity and highly standardised
whats a limitation of a lab study within milgrams research? lacks ecological validity, as it is not something that usually happens in society.
In this study, is population validity high or low and why? Low- not everyone is a white american male, aged 20-50, so it cannot be generalised.
Is reliability high or low and why? high- standardised, highly reliable (replicable) and highly controlled
Why was internal validity high in this study? because sheriden and kings study showing that people thought they delivered a shock on a puppy, proves that obedience in milgrams study was real.
Why was internal validity low in this study? ppts guessed the shocks were fake, so were 'play-acting'- social desirable bias- 'please you'
what are strengths of milgrams study? •findings can be replicated (high external validity) •sheridan + kings study proving milgrams study
what are the limitations of milgrams study? •low internal validity •ethical issues- ppts deceived
Created by: hollymae
 

 



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