SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stanley Milgram, Milgram Experiment, Social Influence

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 1Z03
• Professor: Jeff Racine

Document Summary

Power: the ability to influence and control the behaviour of others even against their will. Compliance: when the target"s behaviour conforms to the source"s requests. Authority: the capacity of one member to issue orders to others by invoking rights that are vested in their role. People"s roles/positions within an organization give them certain rights/obligations. These give one person authority over another with respect to certain acts and performances. Recruited participants from range of backgrounds, age 20-50. Assigned to either teacher or learner conditions (all actually assigned to teacher) Participants told they were participating in a memory test. Told to shock learner after wrong answer. Research question: how many participants will comply and shock learner at highest voltage. 9/12 (75%) participants went to the end (440v) 63% went all the way in milgram study. Conditions varies by milgram in subsequent experiments: Different room, pounding on wall (no shouting) --> 65% Same room, 1. 5 feet away --> 40%