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5 Cards in this Set
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Intro |
Location chosen can undermine the influence of authority figure = reduce obedience |
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Milgram baseline |
Lab at Yale 65% obedience Feedback from ppts said they obeyed due to prestigious location Take enhanced social power of experiment = increase obedience |
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Rundown office block |
No visible ties with Yale 48% obedience Suggesting Yale increased obedience in baseline But still a lab = still presented experimenter as competent Suggests any lab setting gives experimenter authority and social power which increase obedience |
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Basement in Yale |
Little effect on obedience Still visible link with Yale Suggesting Yale increase obedience so situation increase obedience |
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Limitation of research |
Research on location showed minor effects As locations had only undermined experimenters authority to limited extent Dramatic change in location eg slums would greatly undermine experimenter authority to reduce obedience |
