Social Psycholog
,Milgram’s Study
Aim of the study
• Would ordinary people commit crimes of atrocity aga
others, under instructions from someone of higher
authority
• How the situation may affect the participant and cha
their level of obedience.
,Milgram’s Study
Method
This is how Milgram selected his participants.
• He placed an add in the paper, deceiving them
by not mentioning the true nature of the study
• The add referenced a study of memory and
learning
• He paid participants 4 dollars each
• He recruited 160 participants from 296
applicants, there were 40 males in the original
experiment
, Milgram’s Study
The participants became the teacher, they had to teacher the learner (a confedera
Procedure actor) a set of words.
The learner must remember and repeat the words, if they got them wrong they w
receive a shock
The shocks would start at 15V and go all the way to 450V, in 15V intervals.
There was also an experimenter who sat with the teacher giving them prods to ca
with the questions, e.g. “Please go on” or “the experiment requires that you conti
The actor recorded a tape of them reacting to getting shocked, when in reality the
received no shocks at all. This meant no one was physically harmed.
After 315V no sound was heard from the learner
,Milgram’s Study
Aim of the study
• Would ordinary people commit crimes of atrocity aga
others, under instructions from someone of higher
authority
• How the situation may affect the participant and cha
their level of obedience.
,Milgram’s Study
Method
This is how Milgram selected his participants.
• He placed an add in the paper, deceiving them
by not mentioning the true nature of the study
• The add referenced a study of memory and
learning
• He paid participants 4 dollars each
• He recruited 160 participants from 296
applicants, there were 40 males in the original
experiment
, Milgram’s Study
The participants became the teacher, they had to teacher the learner (a confedera
Procedure actor) a set of words.
The learner must remember and repeat the words, if they got them wrong they w
receive a shock
The shocks would start at 15V and go all the way to 450V, in 15V intervals.
There was also an experimenter who sat with the teacher giving them prods to ca
with the questions, e.g. “Please go on” or “the experiment requires that you conti
The actor recorded a tape of them reacting to getting shocked, when in reality the
received no shocks at all. This meant no one was physically harmed.
After 315V no sound was heard from the learner
