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Flashcards by Adam O'Rourke, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Adam O'Rourke
over 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Feldman and Scheibe | University students were asked to fill in a very personal and embarrassing questionnaire. Some in groups with people that complete the questionnaire and some with people that refuse and are asked to leave. The participants were much more likely do defy the order when others has as well (social support) |
| Evaluation | Unrealistic experiments lack validity, (Bickman - Asking people to pick up litter in uniforms) Ethical Issues Participant Variables Demand Characteristics |
| Authoritarian Personality | People with an authoritarian personality are commonly associated with obedience Adorno develop the f-scale (f for fascism) to measure how authoritarian a person is, he found that people with a strict up bringing were more authoritarian. Suggested that they displace their anger for their parents to people of lower status |
| Hyman and Sheatsley | Authoritarian Personality is more associated with people with less education |
| The Perils of Obedience | It help society function but allows people to justify doing horrible things to others |
| Milgrams Variations | 1.Location - When it was done in a run down office in the city rather then Yale University obedience dropped 2.Personal Responsibility - When the participants could instruct someone else to press the switches, obedience went up to 95% 3.Legitimacy of Authority Figure - When authority figure seems morally right/ legally right, obedience is higher 4.Status of Authority Figure - When the experimenter wore normal clothes instead of the white lab coat, obedience dropped 5.Peer Support - If someone has social support or is in the presence of others that defy the order, conformity drops (Feldman and Scheibe) 6.Proximity of Authority Figure - When the experimenter gave the encouragement by phone, obedience dropped to 20.5% |
| Milgrams Experiment | The machine used to administer the 'shocks' was labeled from slight shock to dangerous shock and the 450 volt switch was labeled XXX Several shocks the participant starts banging on the wall, then complaining of a heart condition, then asks to get out and eventually stops replying 63% gave the max voltage shock, all went up to 240 volts |
| Milgram Ethical Issues | Harm to the participant Deception Informed Consent (They knew they were in an experiment but they thought it was about learning) |
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