Macbeth

Milgram 1963

Aim:

* To investigate whether obedience was a natural characteristic of Germans.

* To investigate whether the participants of the study would obey an authority figure when it involved inflicting pain on another human.

Method / Sample

* Sampling technique = self selected

* News paper advert

*Direct mailing (leaflets through doors)

*Got paid $4.50 just for turning up

*40 males aged between 20 - 50 yrs.

*Middle class and working class

*All form new haven and surrounding areas.

Proceedure

*Yale university

* The experimenter, a biology teacher 31

* The learner/victim, an accountant 47

* Drew ‘lots’ for roles (both pieces saying teacher on them)

* Learner sits in chair (hands strapped down so they can’t move). Electrode’s attached and paste (so their hands don’t blister).

* Experimenter say there is NO LONG TERM tissue damage.

* Teacher is in another room.

* ’Shock generator’ in front of teacher, 15 - 450 volts (ascending in 15’s) also worded descriptions.

* Word pairs - correct answer - no shock

* Voltage increasing each time

* Teacher said aloud the amount