1. Ch 6: Conformity & Obedience
Part 3: Oct. 3, 2012

2. Milgram & Obedience (cont.)
2004 Incident - illustrated how accepting people are of authority
Impact of situation on obedience rates:
Location
Experimenter characteristics
Closeness to victim
Disobedient others

3. Reasons for Obedience? Normative & Info sources in Milgram’s study?
1. Conforming to the wrong norm
2. Cognitive Dissonance
3. Loss of personal responsibility
4. Cultural differences?

4. Ethics of Milgram’s Work
5 criticisms of the studies: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
What did Milgram argue about the benefits?
Ethical guidelines followed

5. Follow-ups to Milgram’s study
Replications –
Burger’s (2009) experiment: partial replication using up to 150 volts (rather than 450 max)
Similarity to Milgram
Differences from Milgram?
Results?
Milgram’s “choose any level of shock” variation -

6. Most people make the FAE when reading Milgram’s studies
How so?