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13 Cards in this Set
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Improvements on Milgram |
-Participants from Milgram were assured that there would be no permanent harm to the learner -'old fashioned' method of punishment |
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Aim |
To evaluate how participants would obey orders to psychologically abuse a job interviewee |
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Set up |
-Researcher, Participant and job applicant -Participant was told job recquired ability to handle stress so he had to stress out the job applicant -Also told that it was a research on the relation between stress and test success |
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Negative coments |
15 negative remarks everytime they got a question wrong. 32 questions The remarks led to the participant to lose the job Screen next to participant showed level of stress |
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Sample |
39 18-55 years old of at least high school graduation 15 control 24 experimental Volunteer offered money |
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Remarks |
Question 9 - You've got it wrong End- I think you're better suited for a lower function job |
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Results |
22 - 24 obeyed till the end Were very upset by the procedure |
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VERIDITY |
73% Believed it 23% Werent sure 4% Thought it was a hoax |
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Variation 1 |
No experimenter- 8-22 made all stress remarks |
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Variation 2 |
Peers - 3-19 made all stress remarks |
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Conclusions |
Obedience was higher because: Psychological harm is less evident Different consent levels Victim was dependent on the outcome |
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Evaluation strengths |
Replicable - Detailed Procedure Internal Validity - Strong Contols |
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Weaknesses |
Artificial- sittuation is not realistic |
