MILGRAM'S EXPERIMENTS ON OBEDIENCE

OVERVIEW

• Carried out between 1960-1963
• By Stanley Milgram
• How far Participants would go to obey orders
• Over 1000 participants

MILGRAM EXPERIMENT

• Believed experiment was to further understanding in memory and learning
• In particular the effects of punishment on learning
• Experimentor, learner, teacher
• Learn word pairs
• 15 volts to 450 volts

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VARIATIONS

• Experiment 11:Subject Free to Choose Shock Level
• Experiment 12: Learner Demands to Be Shocked Experiment
• Experiment 15: Two Authorities: Contradictory Commands
• Experiment 17: two peers rebel

RESULTS Experiment 1

• 26 went to max 450 volts
• 65% obedient
• Mean max 450 volts

RESULTS EXPERIMENT 4: TOUCH PROXIMITY

• First stopped 135 volts
• 16 stopped 150 volts
• 12 continued to 450 volts
• 30% obedient
• Mean max 270 volts

ADMINISTER ANY SHOCK RESULTS

• Mean max shock 60 volts
• 3 only administered 15 volts
• 2 people administered max 450volts
• 5%

PEER REBELLION RESULTS

• 90% are disobedient
• 4 reach max 450 volts

EXPLANATION

• Against what they were doing but continued
• Not their responsibility-Eichmann
• Moral concern changes
• Believe working for a greater purpose
• View victim as unworthy/ deserving and their own fault

EXPLANATION

• Tremble, sweat, hysterical laughter
• Obedience ingrained
• Distance themselves
• Shorten length of shock, hints
• Evolution

WAR

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