| Where did the Milgram experiment take place and year? | Yale, 1963 |
| What were the participants originally told they were going to take part in? | A study about learning and punishment |
| What happened to the participants at the start of the experiment ? | They met another participant called Mr. Wallace who was actually part of the experiment (confederate of Milgram) |
| How did they decide if they were going to be a teacher or a learner? | They flipped a coin |
| What was weird about the coin they flipped? | They fixed it so that Mr. Wallace would always be the learner. |
| What was the participant asked to do when Mr. Wallace got the question wrong? | They had to give him an electric shock |
| What were the range of voltage of the shocks? | 15 volts - 450 volts (classed as fatal) |
| What were the shocks? | They were fake but the participants thought that they were real |
| What did Mr. Wallace do for this experiment? | He gave the wrong answer on purpose and placed in a separate room but his screams and protests to stop could be heard. |
| How did they persuade the participants to continue? | In the room, was a person with a white coat who said that 'the experiment requires them to continue' |
| How many of the participants administered the highest voltage to Mr. Wallace? | 65% of participants |
| How many of the participants to 300 volts (classified as the intense shock) ? | All participants tested went to 300 volts |
| What was the aim of the experiment? | Blind obedience |
| What is blind obedience? | Is when we obey an order from an authority figure without question; this tends to be associated with a negative outcome |
| What are the 3 situational factors affecting the experiment? | Proximity of authority, legitimacy of authority, and rebellious peers |
| What happened after 300V's? | The screaming stopped and he fell silent |
| How did the experimenter make the participants continue? | Gave pre-determind, standardised prods like 'the experiment requires you to continue' |
| How many participants refused to go past a certian voltage? | 2 participants refused to go psat 210v |
| Percentage of people that stopped when the learner first objected? | 12.5% |
| Percentage of people that backed out around 300 - 450V | 35% |
| How were the participants found? | News paper ad |
| Participants? | 40 male participants |
