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Milgram's Variation
(1965) Evaluation
- GENERALISABILITY
- Milgram's study sampled 80 white
American aged 20-50, so the
study is only generalisable to a
very select target population, but
not to the whole population.
- Milgram's study sampled 80 white
American aged 20-50, so the
study is only generalisable to a
very select target population, but
not to the whole population.
- RELIABILITY
- All variables were highly controlled,
therefore it is reliable. However, it
was a lab experiment, meaning that
the participants may not have been
showing ecologically valid behaviour,
especially because they were being
asked to do an unusual task.
- All variables were highly controlled,
therefore it is reliable. However, it
was a lab experiment, meaning that
the participants may not have been
showing ecologically valid behaviour,
especially because they were being
asked to do an unusual task.
- VALIDITY
- The study had a lab method.
Giving shocks to other people is
not something that people
encounter every day, therefore
there would be a very low
ecological validity.
- The study had a lab method.
Giving shocks to other people is
not something that people
encounter every day, therefore
there would be a very low
ecological validity.
- APPLICATION
- The variation study can be applied
to real life as it proves that acts of
rebellion or obedience can have a
large impact on someone's
behaviour.
- The variation study can be applied
to real life as it proves that acts of
rebellion or obedience can have a
large impact on someone's
behaviour.
- ETHICS
- Protection of participants
- Milgram did not protect
his participants as he put
them in a position of
stress.
- Right to withdraw - Milgram
made the p's feel like they
could not leave the
experiment by giving them
verbal prods.
- Deception - Milgram made the
p's think they were actually
electrocuting someone and
some of the participants even
thought he was dead.
- Protection of participants
- Milgram did not protect
his participants as he put
them in a position of
stress.
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