Social psychology – Lesson 3 Mini Debate (Milgram) and Milgram’s three variations

Ethics mini debate – The trial! Group one Milgram and his confederates (Defence) You believe you can justify your decisions. Why did Milgram deceive his participants? Did he provide the right to withdraw? Did he harm the participant? What did he do to ensure there were no lasting problems? Group two Ethical board (Prosecution) You believe what took place in Yale was unacceptable What did Milgram do that was unethical? Why is this a problem?

Milgram’s variations After the original study Milgram conducted various variations of basic study. For this course we are going to be focussing on three of his variations. You will need to have to be able to describe each variation and provide evaluation points for each variation. Quick variations puzzle! Once you have matched up the pieces – discuss the differences between the variations and the original study Take a photo! Why did Milgram change his basic study?

Milgram on his variations (different conditions) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HcMWlnTtFQ 38 minutes until 44 minutes

Milgram’s variations 1. Use the worksheet to write up your APRC on each variation Evaluation A03 – Using the documents on the learning space provide evaluation points on each variation. Provide strengths and weaknesses. Tip- It’s ok for the evaluation points to be similar to the original study however your examples must clearly relate to the variation

Evaluate Milgram’s original study (8)

How to write out evaluation: In an evaluation essay: A03- Evaluation A01 - Description Point – which evaluation point are you going to use? Evidence – examples from study (this is description and is A01) Comment – so what?

How to write out evaluation: In an evaluation essay: A03- Evaluation A01 - Description Point – which evaluation point are you going to use? Evidence – examples from study (this is description and is A01) Comment – so what?

Evaluation Question (8 marks) Balanced argument coming to a judgement Therefore Weakness Strength Conclusion Always using PEC

P A weakness of Middleton’s study into obedience is that it has low generalisability due to the sample of girls used. For example Middleton used a volunteer sample of 22 girls all between the ages of 13 and 15. Furthermore the girls were all from the same school (Cross High School) in Brighton and they all responded to the advert that was placed in their school reception. This shows that the sample is unrepresentative and that the findings can’t be generalised to the wider population as a different sample, of boys or girls from a different school, may react differently to the task Middleton set to test obedience and the levels of obedience found may not be the same. E C

Evaluate Milgram’s original study (8) Please complete Take a few minutes to plan Time – 10 minutes (or extra if ET)