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Flashcards by Elise Lambert, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elise Lambert
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is meant by situational variables? | external factors that affect the result of something |
| What are the three situational variables that affect obedience? | proximity, uniform, location |
| What is meant by proximity? | The physical closeness or distance of an authority figure to the person they are giving orders to. |
| What did Milgram find about how proximity affected obedience? | When the learner and teacher were in the same room, obedience dropped to 40% When the experimenter gave instructions by telephone, obedience dropped to 20.5% |
| What is meant by Location? | The place where the order is issued. |
| What did Milgram find about how location affected obedience? | When the building was run-down rather than at a university, conformity dropped to 47.5. location adds legitimacy to authority |
| What did Milgram find about how uniform affected obedience? | when the experimenter had on 'every day clothes' the conformity dropped drastically to 20% |
| What research support is there for Uniform? (strength) | Bickman had three confederates dress in three different outfits- jacket and tie, a milkman outfit, and a security guards uniform. They asked passers by to pick up litter. People were twice as likely to pick litter up for the confederate dressed as the security guard. |
| What is a limitation of MIlgram's study? | Orne and Holland previously state that ppts knew didn't believe the study. This is further true because of the extra manipulation. Low internal validity |
| Who applied these findings across different cultures? (strength) | Miranda et al. found obedience rate of over 90% of Spanish students. Can apply it culturally |
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