Elms and milgram - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Milgram's Shock Experiment -Milgrams shock experiment, participants would ask confederates questions and each time confederate gets the question wrong, shocked starting at 15 volts up to 450. Experimenter would say it is "absolutely essential that you continue". -Found that 65% went to 450 volts and all participants went to 300 volts. Situational variables affecting obedience Proximity - In the proximity study, the student and teacher were put in the same room and obedience fell due...