Milgram experiment
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Experiment 10 took place in a modest office in [[Bridgeport]], [[Connecticut]], purporting to be the commercial entity "Research Associates of Bridgeport" without apparent connection to Yale University, to eliminate the university's prestige as a possible factor influencing the participants' behavior. In those conditions, obedience dropped to 47.5 percent, though the difference was not statistically significant. |
Experiment 10 took place in a modest office in [[Bridgeport]], [[Connecticut]], purporting to be the commercial entity "Research Associates of Bridgeport" without apparent connection to Yale University, to eliminate the university's prestige as a possible factor influencing the participants' behavior. In those conditions, obedience dropped to 47.5 percent, though the difference was not statistically significant. |
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Milgram also combined the effect of authority with that of [[conformity]]. In those experiments, the participant was joined by one or two additional "teachers" (also actors, like the "learner"). The behavior of the participants' peers strongly affected the results. In Experiment 17, when two additional teachers refused to comply, |
Milgram also combined the effect of authority with that of [[conformity]]. In those experiments, the participant was joined by one or two additional "teachers" (also actors, like the "learner"). The behavior of the participants' peers strongly affected the results. In Experiment 17, when two additional teachers refused to comply, twenty of 40 participants continued in the experiment. In Experiment 18, the participant performed a subsidiary task (reading the questions via microphone or recording the learner's answers) with another "teacher" who complied fully. In that variation, 37 of 40 continued with the experiment. |
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In addition to these procedural variations, Milgram's work also illuminates the psychological processes highlighting obedience. Participants were observed frequently entering an “agentic state,” considering themselves as mere instruments executing the experimenter's will and therefore weakening personal responsibility. |
In addition to these procedural variations, Milgram's work also illuminates the psychological processes highlighting obedience. Participants were observed frequently entering an “agentic state,” considering themselves as mere instruments executing the experimenter's will and therefore weakening personal responsibility. |
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