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. 

What area is Milgram's study in?

What is the social area?

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.

What was Milgram's investigation?

Where did the study take place?

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%?

The sample was made up of 30 men

Where was the sample from?

How was the sample gained?

The ppts were paid $4.50 incentive for presenting themselves at the lab.

All particpants were given the ............................ role. Fill in the blank.

Mr Wallace (confederate) was the learner

PPts didn't see the confederate being strapped into a chair, with nonactive electrodes attached to his arms.

All ppts were given a trial shock of ..... volts to stimulate a sense of genuineness. Fill in the blank.

How many switches were there?

The machine went up in 15V increments 15 - 450 V

The learner Mr. Wallace produced a set of predetermined responses

At 200V Mr Wallace pounded on the wall and there were no further replies.

The participant were fully debriefed afterwards

All particpants went to .......V. Fill in the blank

65% went to 450 V

What were some signs of extreme stress ppts experienced during the study?