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1. MILGRAM
K.S.Nymisha

2. Stanley Milgram
oBOD:(August 15, 1933 –
December 20, 1984) was an
American social psychologist.
o Known for: – Milgram experiment,
Small world experiment, Familiar
stranger
o Strange Fact: - Stanley Milgram
was born in 1933 to a Jewish
family in New York City (Mother
Roman, Father Hungarian)

3. So…
o Hitler went to great lengths in order to make his dream to
create a pure Arian Race true. One of the processes which
involved the Holocaust, had exterminated about 12 million
Jewish nationals. Hitler used his “authority” in order to do this
and make people do it.
o Stanley Milgram wanted to test the idea that if Germans were
different, and if that made them so barbaric towards Jews and
other minority groups.

4. Obedience
oA type of social influence where an individual follows the
rules or orders given by an authority figure.
Conforming
oIs doing something which is against the individual’s own
inclinations, but not doing it because of an order
Compliance
oMeans going along with what someone says, while not
necessarily agreeing with it
Internalising
oIs obeying with agreement

5. Aim
“How far would
they go?”

6. Procedure
The participant was
led to believe that
the confederate
was also a
participant, when it
was just a recording
tape (DECEPTION)
Milgram was the
observer and kept
prompting the
participants in this
order :
1. Please
That is the
wrong answer
I’m afraid I’ll
have to give you
a shock
continue/pleas
e go on
2. The experiment
requires that
you continue
3. It is absolutely
essential that
you continue
4. You have no
other choice-you
much go
on
5. If the
participant was
still refusing,
then the study
was stopped
The participant was
given one real shock
of 45 volts to
convince them that
the electrical shocks
were real, when
they weren’t.
(DECEPTION)
“Blue – box
Nice – day
Wild – duck”
duck

7. Procedure
I
want
to
stop
You MUST
Let me out!
go on

8. Results
Voltage Number that stopped
Up to 300 0
300 5
315 4
330 2
345 1
360 1
375 1
Total stopped = 14
(out of 40)

9. Conclusions
o Yale University is a prestigious institution and unlikely to allow
anything unethical to occur
o The study seemed to have a worthy case – to learn about memory
o The victim was not unwilling and had agreed to take part
o The participant had volunteered and had made a commitment
o The participant was paid and so felt an obligation
o The learners were there by chance – he or she could have been the
participant
o This was a new situation for the participant, who had no idea of what
was suitable behavior
o It was thought that the shocks were painful, but not dangerous
o Up to 300 volts, the learner plays the game and seems willing

10. Evaluation
oStrengths
• Good controls avoid bias and
mean that the situation was
the same for all, so cause-and-
effect conclusions could
be drawn
• The well-controlled
procedures mean that the
study is replicable and can be
tested for reliability
oWeaknesses
• The study is unethical
because the participants were
deceived, did not give
informed consent, were
distressed and did not have
the full right to withdraw
• The study lacks validity
because of the artificial
procedures