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Ch 6: Conformity & Obedience
Part 3: Oct. 3, 2012
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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
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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?
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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
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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 -
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Most people make the FAE when reading Milgram’s studies
How so?
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