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(Background) Finish this sentence, is there a type of person who is obedient or...
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Is it the majority that would obey orders?
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Briefly describe the history of Milgram
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-Began at princeton university research assistant to asch
-Moved to yale to teach -After studying conformity with asch milgram got interested in authority |
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Where do Germans fit into this?
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Milgram wanted to explain the obedience present during the holocaust and how an entire nation could be prepared to commit mass murders
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Explain individual and situational explanations of behaviour and determinism
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Is the characteristics of the individual that affect what they do, or is it the situation the find themselves in?
(important philosophical debate in the context of psychology) |
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(Aims) What was the aim of the study?
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To investigate what level obedience would be shown when subjects were told by an authority figure to administer electric shocks to another person
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(Method) Where was the study carried out and how was data gathered?
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In a laboratory, using observation to gather data
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What data was gathered? (4 things)
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Record of maximum shock level reached
Recordings of the sessions Occasional photographs Notes on unusual behaviour |
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(Subjects) How many subjects and how old were they?
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40 Males aged between 20-50
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Where were the subjects from and how were they selected?
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New Haven
Using a volunteer/ self selected sample |
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Two rooms in yale university were used, what was in the first room?
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Shock generator with 30 switches (15 volt increments and 4 descriptions of intensity)
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What was in the second room?
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Chair with restraining straps and a tape recorder for "confederate"
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Two male confederates were used, describe them
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Experimenter: 31, "Stern", biology teacher grey lab coat
Learner: 47 accountant, mild mannered, likeable |
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Blah blah
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