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Assignment 2 of PSYC 304 (Grade 74%)

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PSYC 304

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Athabasca University (AU )

This is the solution for the Assignment 2 of course PSYC 304 Research Methods in Psychology of Athabasca University. The grade for this Assignment is 74%. Since the course has been dropped in the middle, you can use this directly for the first time. Next times, you will have to modify this little b...

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assignment 2
athabacsa
psychology
obedience
psychology 304
behavioural study of obedience

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BEHAVIORAL STUDY OF OBEDIENCE

The Behavioral study of Obedience by Milgram, S. (1963) is a widely criticized experiment on numerous

ethical violations. The objective of the study to experiment on the people’s obedience of an instruction

which includes actions that would harm another person. The holocaust and the human atrocities in

during the World War 2 was a main inspiration for Milgram to conduct this experiment, as he believed

that, even the highest person in power desired or ordered the mass destruction, it could not have been

executed without the support and the actions of large numbers of people. They either willingly have

done it or they simply believed that they were obeying the order from the upper management and the

consequences and guiltiness relies on the upper management.

The subjects for this experiment were selected through the news paper ads targeting the males

between age 20 and 50 from New Haven and the surrounding communities, indicating the volunteer will

receive a payment of 4$ for participating in the experiment. Prior to the experiment, the subjects were

informed no matter what happens in the laboratory, the subject could keep the money with them. The

experiment was disguised as a study the effects of punishment on memory, which violates the ethical

code 8.07 – Deception in Research. The subject will take part as a teacher and a hired actor will be the

learner following a rigged draw. There will be an experimenter who will request to administer the shock

on learner for each incorrect answer for an MCQ question of pair of words. For each incorrect answers,

the shock voltage will be increased by 15V. The voltage starts with 15V and there will be 30 levels up to

450V. The shocks are labelled as slight shock, moderate shock, strong shock, intense shock, extreme

intensity shock and Danger: Severe Shock. The 2 switches after this will be labelled as XXX. The

measurement of the experiment was the maximum shock the subject administers before he quits the

experiment. There will be 4 prods used by the experimenter respectively 1. Please continue, 2. The

experiment requires that you continue, 3. It is absolutely essential that you continue and 4. You have no

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