PSYCO241 Lecture 7: 1-7-hofling-et-al-1966.pdf
23 Apr 2015
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Aim: to investigate the levels of obedience shown by nurses to doctors in a hospital. Hofling et al. (1966) decided to investigate the reactions of nurses to orders from a person who they believed to be a doctor. They decided to test how far they would be willing to obey the doctor in unusual and unethical practices. The study took place in a hospital, and so was a field study. Ffiieelldd ssttuuddyy -- aann eexxppeerriimmeenntt wwhhiicchh ttaakkeess ppllaaccee iinn aa nnaattuurraall sseettttiinngg wwhheerree nnaattuurraall bbeehhaavviioouurr sshhoouulldd ooccccuurr. Hofling et al. wanted to study the doctor-nurse relationship. They wanted to specifically look at health care, and many of the involved researchers were medical personnel. In particular, they were interested to see how nurses would respond to a doctor giving them orders which went against their usual professional standards, as this was an occupational issue. To make the orders contrary to the nurses professional standards, some of the doctor"s requests were:
