A01 - Baseline Procedure

What type of study was Milgram's experiment and where was it set?

Laboratory experiment

Yale University

What were the three roles in the experiment?

Teacher, exerimenter, learner

The participant was always the teacher and the other two are confederates

What did the learner have to do?

Learn pairs of words read out by the teacher

What did the teacher have to do if the learner gave wrong answers or didn’t answer?

Inflict ‘shocks’ by flipping switches on a machine, starting at 15V and going up in 15V each time up to 450V

The learner was in another room. What did they do after the 300V shock and 315V shock?

Pounded on the wall

Fell silent

If participants (teachers) expressed their desire to leave the experiment, the experimenter would give…

1 of 4 prods, such as “please continue” or “the experiment requires that you continue”

How were participants deceived into believing ‘shocks’ and pain experienced by the learner were real?

The teacher watched the learner being ___________ with ______ at the wrists to restrict movement and make the illusion of the __________

Strapped into a chair

Electrodes

Shocks more believable

How were participants deceived into believing ‘shocks’ and pain experienced by the learner were real?

What was given to the teacher before the procedure started?

A 45V shock

How were participants deceived into believing ‘shocks’ and pain experienced by the learner were real?

What was placed on the learner's wrists and why?

Gel

To prevent burns and blistering

How were participants deceived into believing ‘shocks’ and pain experienced by the learner were real?

The machine used to inflict the shocks was made to look real with…

Large switches and even the manufacturer on display

Making the experiment seem more realistic is…

Experimental realism