Social Influence - Research

What is the surname of the researcher who aimed to find out if individuals will obey an authority figure who is instructing them to inflict pain on another person?

The IV of Milgram's Obedience Study is:

• The demands / level of electric shock from the authority figure

• The level of obedience (as measured by shock administration)

• The amount of people who went to lethal levels

• Whether a person was a 'teacher' or a 'learner'

What percentage of participants in Stanley Milgram's study on obedience and authority continued to administer 450-volt shocks at the insistence of the authority figure?

• 75%

• 15%

• 50%

• 65%

What did the results of Milgram's famous experiment show?

• that people aren't important in experiments

• that people were willing to obey orders to hurt others

• that ethics in science don't matter

• that guards are mean to prisoners

What was the sample in Milgram's study?

• 40 males aged between 20 - 50 years

• 100 males and females from Stanford University

• 5 females aged between 18 - 40 years

• 75 18 year old students

In Milgram's experiment, the learner was

• the participant.

• the experimenter.

• the confederate.

• the supervisor.

In Milgram's experiment, the teacher was

• the participant.

• the experimenter.

• the confederate.

• the supervisor.

How did Milgram recruit participants?

• random selection

• contacted through telephone calls

• newspaper advert

• approached people in the library

What was the surname of the researcher who investigated group pressure on individuals leading to conforming of opinions

The IV in Asch's study was:

• Whether the participants gave correct/incorrect answers

• The amount of fictitious answers by a group of confederates

• How obvious the answer should be

• Gender