PSYCH 1X03 Study Guide - Psychopathology, Stanley Milgram, Physical Attractiveness
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65% of subjects continued to the end delivering the danger shock. Strong tendency of obedience to authority, even if this power is limited the experiment illustrates that you are not always an accurate judge of how you would behave in a given situation. Explanation for obedience was the inherent prestige with following directions of a faculty member in a prestigious uni: another study: moved the site to a rundown office. Percentage of subjects that obeyed till the end dropped: another variation: experimenter had to leave the room and replaced by a graduate student, obedience dropped even more. Explanation for obedience was that subjects continued to obey because they were physically separated from the learner: tested different proximities with teacher & learner. The physically closer the teacher and the learner were made to be, the lower the obedience. Explanation for obedience was the proximity of the experimenter to the.
