Explanation of Milgram's obedience experiment

1. Milgram Experiments
on Obedience to Authority
PART II

2. Milgram asked groups of people to predict
what percent of subjects would administer
the highest possible shock.
What would be the average shock level.

3. Here are the
answers

7. What did you predict?

8. Results from the original experiment

10. EXPERIMENT 2
VOICE FEEDBACK
Learner protests

11. EXPERIMENT 2
VOICE FEEDBACK
Learner protests
EXPERIMENT 3
PROXIMITY
Victim in same room as subject

12. EXPERIMENT 2
VOICE FEEDBACK
Learner protests
EXPERIMENT 3
PROXIMITY
Victim in same room as subject
EXPERIMENT 4
TOUCH – PROXIMITY
Subject is ordered to place victim's hand on plate

16. EXPERIMENT 5
MOVE TO MODEST QUARTERS
"HEART PROBLEM"
Experimenter protests

17. EXPERIMENT 5
MOVE TO MODEST QUARTERS
"HEART PROBLEM"
Experimenter protests
EXPERIMENT 6
CHANGE OF PERSONNEL
victim and experimenter: soft and unaggressive

18. EXPERIMENT 5
MOVE TO MODEST QUARTERS
"HEART PROBLEM"
Experimenter protests
EXPERIMENT 6
CHANGE OF PERSONNEL
victim and experimenter: soft and unaggressive
EXPERIMENT 7
CLOSENESS OF AUTHORITY
experimenter physically removed from laboratory

22. EXPERIMENT 8
WOMAN AS SUBJECTS

23. EXPERIMENT 8
WOMAN AS SUBJECTS
EXPERIMENT 9
VICTIM'S LIMITED CONTRACT

24. EXPERIMENT 8
WOMAN AS SUBJECTS
EXPERIMENT 9
VICTIM'S LIMITED CONTRACT
EXPERIMENT 10
INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
EXPERIMENT 11
SUBJECT FREE TO CHOOSE SHOCK LEVEL