AICE Psychology –Milgram- Questions
with Accurate Answers
What is the psychology being investigated? (there are 3) - ✔✔Agentic State, Autonomous state,
and Obedience
What is the agentic state? - ✔✔A mental state where there's no personal responsibility for
behaviour because of an authority figure
What is autonomous state? - ✔✔when we act on our own free will and choose whether to, for
example, be obedient or not.
What is obedience? - ✔✔When we behave a certain way in response to the demands of an
authority figure
What caused Milgram to conduct this study? - ✔✔Destructive obedience seen during the
Holocaust
What was the aim of this study? - ✔✔To investigate how obedient people would be to orders
from a person in authority that would result in pain and harm to another person
Research method - ✔✔Controlled observation in a lab
Sampling method - ✔✔Volunteer sample
How did Milgram get his sample? - ✔✔Newspaper advertisement
, Who was his sample? - ✔✔40 men aged 20-50, all employed with a range from manual
laborers, white collar workers, and professionals. All from New Haven, Connecticut
Where was the study conducted? - ✔✔Yale University (Connecticut)
Independent varible - ✔✔None
Dependent varible - ✔✔The percentage of participants who went to each voltage level. This
was the key outcome
How much were participants paid? - ✔✔$4.50 upon arrival
What was the procedure when participants first arrived? - ✔✔-Introduction on punishment and
learning
-Introduction to "experimenter" (31-year-old male in lab coat)
-Introduced to confederate who acted as another participant
-Drew slips of paper to decide on the "teacher" and "student"
What was the procedure after the "teacher" and "student" are chosen? - ✔✔-Taken to another
room
-Confederate is strapped to an electric chair
-Participant is presented with the shock generator
-Participant was seated behind a wall
What was the participant told about the shocks? - ✔✔"Although the shocks can be extremely
painful, they cause no harm or damage"
What voltage did the shock generator range from? - ✔✔15v-450V (in 15V increments)
with Accurate Answers
What is the psychology being investigated? (there are 3) - ✔✔Agentic State, Autonomous state,
and Obedience
What is the agentic state? - ✔✔A mental state where there's no personal responsibility for
behaviour because of an authority figure
What is autonomous state? - ✔✔when we act on our own free will and choose whether to, for
example, be obedient or not.
What is obedience? - ✔✔When we behave a certain way in response to the demands of an
authority figure
What caused Milgram to conduct this study? - ✔✔Destructive obedience seen during the
Holocaust
What was the aim of this study? - ✔✔To investigate how obedient people would be to orders
from a person in authority that would result in pain and harm to another person
Research method - ✔✔Controlled observation in a lab
Sampling method - ✔✔Volunteer sample
How did Milgram get his sample? - ✔✔Newspaper advertisement
, Who was his sample? - ✔✔40 men aged 20-50, all employed with a range from manual
laborers, white collar workers, and professionals. All from New Haven, Connecticut
Where was the study conducted? - ✔✔Yale University (Connecticut)
Independent varible - ✔✔None
Dependent varible - ✔✔The percentage of participants who went to each voltage level. This
was the key outcome
How much were participants paid? - ✔✔$4.50 upon arrival
What was the procedure when participants first arrived? - ✔✔-Introduction on punishment and
learning
-Introduction to "experimenter" (31-year-old male in lab coat)
-Introduced to confederate who acted as another participant
-Drew slips of paper to decide on the "teacher" and "student"
What was the procedure after the "teacher" and "student" are chosen? - ✔✔-Taken to another
room
-Confederate is strapped to an electric chair
-Participant is presented with the shock generator
-Participant was seated behind a wall
What was the participant told about the shocks? - ✔✔"Although the shocks can be extremely
painful, they cause no harm or damage"
What voltage did the shock generator range from? - ✔✔15v-450V (in 15V increments)
