Milgram
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- Q1
Many innocent people were systematically slaughtered on command. People adopt an agentic state where they can shift blame to someone else, this can account for the horrific acts committed in the name of obedience in WW11. Stanley Milgram was a Jewish man affected by war and was interested in whether the cause was to do with characteristics of German people or whether it was due to the situation they had been placed under.
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q2
What area is Milgram's study in?
Social area
Individual area
Cognitive area
Biological area
30s - Q3
What is the social area?
Social psychology sees the situation and thinking cognitive abilities as a person having a direct influence on a person's behavior.
Social psychology sees the biology of an individual affecting their behavior.
Social psychology sees the individual as one and observes them as the cause for all behaviors.
Social psychology sees the situation, social context and real/imagined presence of others as having a direct influence on a person's behavior.
30s - Q4
The aim of the study was to investigate the process of obedience by testing how far an individual will go in obeying an authority figure, even when the command breaches the moral code that an individual should not hurt another person against his will.
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q5
What was Milgram's investigation?
lab study
controlled observation
quasi experiment
30s - Q6
Where did the study take place?
Oxford University
VU university
Harvard University
Yale university
30s - Q7
Prior to the study how many Yale seniors estimated the percentage of ppts who would administer the highest level of shock to be 1.2%?
15
7
2
14
30s - Q8
The sample was made up of 30 men
falsetrueTrue or False30s - Q9
Where was the sample from?
New open area
Havana
New Haven area
UK
30s - Q10
How was the sample gained?
By phoning random men in America, by choosing phone numbers out of a telephone book.
Newspaper article asking for ppts to participate on study on memory and learning
30s - Q11
The ppts were paid $4.50 incentive for presenting themselves at the lab.
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q12
All particpants were given the ............................ role. Fill in the blank.
teacher
learner
30s - Q13
Mr Wallace (confederate) was the learner
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q14
PPts didn't see the confederate being strapped into a chair, with nonactive electrodes attached to his arms.
falsetrueTrue or False30s - Q15
All ppts were given a trial shock of ..... volts to stimulate a sense of genuineness. Fill in the blank.
35
1
100
45
30s