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Obedience: Situational variables
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- 1What is meant by situational variables?external factors that affect the result of something
- 2What are the three situational variables that affect obedience?proximity, uniform, location
- 3What is meant by proximity?The physical closeness or distance of an authority figure to the person they are giving orders to.
- 4What 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% - 5What is meant by Location?The place where the order is issued.
- 6What 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 - 7What did Milgram find about how uniform affected obedience?when the experimenter had on 'every day clothes' the conformity dropped drastically to 20%
- 8What 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.
- 9What 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
- 10Who 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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- My flash cards for the situational variables that affect obedience - AQA Psychology
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