Milgram evaluation

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AS - Level Psychology Mind Map on Milgram evaluation, created by Maisy Cooling on 23/03/2016.
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Mind Map by Maisy Cooling, updated more than 1 year ago
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Milgram evaluation
  1. Sample Bias
    1. -Not representitive
      1. -All New Haven
        1. -Self Selected sampling
          1. - All men
            1. -All white
            2. +Large Sample Size
              1. +Variety of Jobs
                1. 37.5% Manual workers
                  1. 20% white collar workers
                    1. 22.5% professionals
                    2. +Variety of ages
                    3. 40 participants
                    4. Research Method
                      1. -Ethics
                        1. + Data
                          1. +Reliability
                            1. - Sample Bias
                              1. +Validity
                              2. Data
                                1. + Lots of qual
                                  1. He recorded their behaviour changes
                                    1. 3 participants had seizures
                                      1. Many experienced extreme tensions, sweating..etc
                                    2. +Lots of Quant
                                      1. Lots of Numbers
                                        1. All 40 participants went to 300v
                                          1. 65% went all the way
                                            1. 9 stopped at 315v
                                        2. Validity
                                          1. - Lacks Ecological Validity
                                            1. Done in a Lab
                                            2. +Valid
                                              1. Shown by participants reactions
                                                1. Sweating..etc
                                            3. Ethnocentrism
                                              1. - All were white males
                                                1. - All were from New Haven
                                                  1. +Had a variety of jobs
                                                  2. Reliability
                                                    1. + Standardised
                                                      1. Same volts and switches for everyone
                                                        1. 40 switches
                                                          1. They go up by 15v
                                                        2. Uses same screams
                                                          1. Pretends theyre real from the confederate
                                                      2. Practical Applications
                                                        1. + He shows us how authority can effect people's behaviours
                                                          1. -He causes physical and emotional harm
                                                            1. Emotion- stress
                                                              1. Physical- Seizures
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