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The Milgram Experiment (1961) - Stanly Milgram - Obedience to Authority -…
The Milgram Experiment (1961) - Stanly Milgram - Obedience to Authority
Procedure
The learner was shocked by the teacher every time he answered a question incorrectly
The learner was predetermined and the participant was always the teacher
The three roles in the experiment were the learner, teacher, and experimenter.
The shocks ranged from 15 volts to 450 volts
If the participant refused to shock the learner when he answered incorrectly the experimenter would give him four prompts that ranged from please continue to you have no choice.
There was no actual shock given, it was a fake shock.
Experiment Method and Design
Independent Variable: The degree of the obedience of authority
The experiment was conducted in the Yale Interaction Laboratory in 1963
Dependent Variable: Compliance with authority
Sample
40 males between the age of 20 and 50
Jobs ranged from unskilled to professional
Each participant received $4.50 and they all originated from the New Haven area of Connecticut.
Aim and Hypothesis
Milgram wanted to know how far people would go in obeying an instruction given by a person of authority.
Milgram believed that most of the people involved in the experiment would shock the person.
Results
All of the participants continued to 300 volts
The experiment supported Milgram's hypothesis and it showed that normal people will go to extreme lengths to obey authority.
65 percent of the particapnts continued to the highest level of shocks