PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Adolf Eichmann, Slippery Slope, Operationalization
1 Apr 2013
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Reasons for the experiment 1: making asch meaningful. Putting line judgment task to a more real life situation. Showing conformity when then issue is more controversial. Ordinary people do thing that are incrediable evil, but have no psychological problems. Milgram wanted to get ordinary people without any psychological problem, to do things that harm others. Operationalization of obedience : must shock learner till the end will the instruction of the experimentor, only thing that made them not obedient was disobeying the experimentor to stop experiment, predictions. Experts thought only 1-3 % would be obedient: results. 100% obeyed up to 105 volts v. (baseline version) 80% who don"t stop here are fully obedient. 75: ugh (learners first pain response some at 90 & 105) 150v ugh my heart hurts i refuse to continue i want to go home stop the experiment, i told you. 210v i don"t want to be a part of this anymore.
