obedience book 2

What did the electric shock experiment show? 

• Most people will obey orders, even when it harms others. 
• Morality is more important to people than being obedient 
• Most people prefer social acceptance than to be correct. 
• Conformity can lead to obedience 

Which university did Milgram's research take place at?

• Yale

• Stanford

• Leeds

• Harvard

In Milgram's study on obedience to authority, what procedure were done?

• The Learners took a real exam
• 'Learners' received an electroshock from 'teachers.'
• Participants were paid $10 for participating
• A teacher taught a real student

Milgram's studies on obedience to authority the procedures showed that

• the majority of the people were able to resist the experimenter's pressure to shock the 'learner.'
• obedience was strongly linked to the subject's background.
• subjects did not care about what was happening to the 'learner.'
• most 'teachers' delivered the maximum amount of shock to the 'learner.'

One strength of Milgram's research is that it is highly controlled an example of this control is

• The responses from the 'learner' were recorded

• The participant knew the aim of the study

Baumrind (1964) was very critical of the ways Milgram deceived his participants because

• It could be seen as a betrayal of trust

• The participants were led to research was looking at memory

• The participant thought the learner was a real participant

• The participants were led to believe the shocks were real

Situational variables are

• Features of the immediate physical and social environment which may influence a persons behaviour

• Any explanation of behaviour that highlights the importance of the individuals personality

Agentic state

Milgram proposed that obedience to a destructive authority occurs because

• The person does not take responsibility

• They are an unfeeling puppet

The opposite of being in an autonomous state which is

• being free to behave according to their own principles

• following the orders of someone else

Legitimate authority an be viewed as when

• Some authority figures are allowed to have social power over others as it helps society to function

• Someone's level of power is agreed by society

• learned from childhood and reinforced throughout life

• Something that cause a consequence where others are granted the power to punish