A01 - Results and Conclusions

All participants obeyed up to at least which voltage?

300V - labelled an ‘intense' shock on the machine

What percentage of participants stopped at 300V?

12.5%

What percentage of participants continued to the highest shock of 450V? What does this class them as?

65%

Fully obedient

Participants suffered visible stress throughout the experiment. What did this include?

Sweating, shaking, stuttering, digging fingernails into their skin

Some were crying

One participant suffering a seizure

Findings suggest that atrocities like that of the Holocaust could be explained by…

Situational pressure and not necessarily inherent evilness or personality flaws

Ordinary individuals _______ and follow ______ to a surprising degree, even when it conflicts with their _______

Will obey authority figures

Unjust orders

Personal morality