Milgram (obedience) Study Exam

In Milgram (obedience), participants were deceived about the true purpose of the study. What were they told the study was focused on?

• Conformity

• Obedience

• Human response to electric shock

• The effects of punishment on learning

Which of the following was NOT a verbal prod used to encourage participants to continue delivering “shocks” in Milgram (obedience)?

• “You agreed to participate and must continue.”

• “Please continue.”

• “You have no other choice, you must continue.”

• “It is absolutely essential that you continue.”

• “The experiment requires that you continue.”

What method did Milgram use for his study?

• Quasi-Experiment

• Lab Experiment

• Controlled observation

• Correlational study

Which of the following was NOT a situational factor Milgram identified as contributing to the high levels of obedience displayed in his study?

• Conducting the study at the prestigious Yale University

• The participants’ acceptance of payment for participating

• The participants’ belief that they had an equal chance to receive shocks instead of giving them

• The participants’ belief that the confederate freely volunteered to participate

• The experimenter’s official lab coat

The Milgram study what factor most affects the study's lack of generalizability?

• The size of the sample

• The education levels of the people in the sample

• The gender makeup of the sample

• The fact that it was an opportunity sample

What method of sampling did Milgram use?

• Opportunity

• Volunteer

• Random

• Snowball

How did Milgram get the participants for his sample?

• He used psychology students at Yale for his sample.

• He advertised for participants in the newspaper and direct mailers in the New Haven area.

Following a direct order from a person or people in authority.

• Conformity

• Obedience

• Authority

• Social pressure

Milgram talked about "dependent measures" -- what were they measuring?

• obedience

• conformity

• authority

• learning

How was "obedience" operationalized so that the experimenters could measure it?

• the maximum voltage given in response to orders

• a 14-point scale with 1 being the least and 14 being the most