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- 1Aim:Investigate the process of obedience: to demonstrate the power of legitimate authority even when a command requires destructive behaviour
- 2Sample40 Males, 20-50 years old
self-selected from advert in news paper
New Haven - 3How Much money did they receive?$4.50
- 4How were roles given to the participants?Draw from a hat however the participant always got the role of the teacher
- 5How did they establish experimental realism?shocked delivered
saw the participant get tied up
the volts machine
banging on the wall
calls from the leaner (recorded) - 6The prodsPlease continue, the experiment requires you to continue, You have no choice you must continue.
If inquired about the health of the participant the experimenter would empathize the point 'There will be no permanent tissue damage' - 7The Learner3 questions wrong to every one he got right
at 300 volts he would band on the wall and then stop responding
they had to treat a no answer as a wrong answer - 8Findings100% continued to 300 volts
5 participants stopped at 300
4 - 315
2 - 330
1 - 345
1 - 360
1 - 375
26 were obedient continued until 450 - 9NervousnessSweat, stutter, bite their lip, one participant had a violent seizure which meant the trial had to be stopped.
comments made were 'He's banging in there' 'I'm gonna chicken out'