bickman exp 1 - method - correct answer field experiment on the streets of new york
bickman exp 1 - design - correct answer independent measures
bickman exp 1 - IVs - correct answer guard, milkman, civilian
bickman exp 1 - DVs - correct answer number of people who obeyed in each
situation
bickman exp 1 - sample - correct answer 153 adult pedestrians, aged 18 to 61,
opporunity sampling
in bickman exp 1, was the age of the participants estimated by the experimenter? - correct answer
yes
bickman exp 1 - describe the experimenters - correct answer four white males, 18 to
20, all of similar build so fit into the same suit
bickman exp 1 - were the experimenters told the purpose of the experiment? if yes/no, what were they
told? - correct answer no, told to act the same regardless of the uniform
bickman exp 1 - did all the experimenters complete about the same number of experimental sessions?
(using 3 different situations and 3 unfiorms) - correct answer yes
bickman exp 1 - DV 1 - correct answer pick up a bag/litter
bickman exp 1 DV 1 - what did the experimenter do/ask first? - correct answer point
at a bag and said "pick this up for me."
,bickman exp 1 DV 1 - what did the experimenter add if the ppt didn't comply immediately? - correct
answer the experimenter would say 'i have a bad back'
bickman exp 1 - DV 2 - correct answer dime and metre
bickman exp 1 DV 2 - what did the experimenter do/say first? - correct answer stop
the chosen ppt, point at a confederate stood by a car parked next to a parking metre and say "this fellow
doesn't have any change. give him a dime!"
bickman exp 1 DV 2 - what did the experimenter add if the ppt didn't immediately comply? - correct
answer the experimenter would add that he had no change either
bickman exp 1 - DV 3 - correct answer no standing
bickman exp 1 DV 3 - how did the experimenter choose the ppt? - correct answer
they were chosen if they were stood alone at the bus stop
bickman exp 1 DV 3 - what did the experimenter do/say first? - correct answer
experimenter would approach the ppt and say, "don't you know you have to stand on the other side of
this pole?", referring to the sign saying 'no standing'
bickman exp 1 DV 3 - what did the experimenter add if the ppt didn't immediately comply? - correct
answer the experimenter would say, "then the bus won't stop here, it's a new law."
bickman exp 1 DV 3 - what did the 'no standing' sign actually refer to? - correct answer
cars not being allowed to wait there
bickman exp 1 results - civilian - correct answer 33%
bickman exp 1 results - milkman - correct answer 57%
,bickman exp 1 results - guard - correct answer 89%
bickman exp 1 - what did the results show in terms of obedience between the civilian and the milkman?
- correct answer no significant difference in obedience between the two
bickman exp 1 - what did the results show in terms of obedience between the civilian and the guard? -
correct answer the guard was obeyed significantly more than the civilian
bickman exp 2 - aim - correct answer to investigate if people comply more if they're
being watched
bickamn exp 2 - method - correct answer field experiment in new york
bickman exp 2 - sample - correct answer 48 pedestrians, avg age of 46, opportunity
sampling
bickman exp 2 - was the dime and metre DV from exp 1 reused here? - correct answer
yes
bickman exp 2 - IV 1 - correct answer type of uniform (civilian, guard)
bickman exp 2 - IV 2 - correct answer surveillance or non-surveillance
bickman exp 2 - how was surveillance carried out? - correct answer experimenter
stood with ppt next to the parking metre while the confederate was next to the car
bickman exp 2 - how was non-surveillance carried out? - correct answer
experimenter approached the ppt in the street, asked them to give the dime, then walked away and was
out of sight before the ppt reached the metre
bickman exp 2 - surveillance results - correct answer surveillance had no significant
effect on whether participants obeyed or not
, bickman exp 2 - uniform results - correct answer guard was obeyed significantly
more than the civilian, replicating exp 1
bickman exp 3a - method - correct answer self-report questionnaire
bickman exp 3a - sample - correct answer 141 college students
bickman exp 3a - what did the questionnaire investigate? - correct answer whether
29 scenarios (including the og 3 from exp 1) were perceived as legitimate requests from either the
young man, milkman or guard
bickman exp 3a - results - correct answer of the og 3 scenarios, the guard wasn't
perceived as more legitimate than the other uniforms when giving the order
bickman exp 3a - what do the results suggest? - correct answer that ppts didn't think
the experimenters uniform made their request more legitimate
bickman exp 3b - method - correct answer self-report questionnaire
bickman exp 3b - what did the self-report questionnaire have the ppts do? - correct answer
predict what they and people in general would do in one of the scenarios from exp 1
bickman exp 3b - sample - correct answer 189 students from smith college
bickman exp 3b - had the ppts in 3b completed the previous questionnaire in 3a? - correct answer
no
bickman exp 3b - results - correct answer ppts didn't think that the guard would have
more social power in these situations compare to the milkman or civilian