Milgram (Results)

Question 1

Results: Max Voltage adminsitration

Answer 1

• 65% of 40 participants administered the max voltage level(450V)

26 ppts

Question 2

Results: Pptts that stopped

Answer 2

• All ppts adminsitered at least 300 V
• Only 5 participants stopped at 300 volts (the point the learner first objected).

Question 3

Results: Mean estimates of pain

Answer 3

• Mean estimate of pain of the 450V was 13.42/14.00
• Ppts belived they were causing serious amounts of pain

Maximum

Question 4

Results: Experimental variation

Answer 4

• Seedy offices in nearby town: 47.5%
• Teacher and Learner in same room: 40%
• Experimenter wore casual clothes: 20%

Question 5

Quanitative data: (From the observations)

Answer 5

• 14/40 men showed signs of nervous laughter and smiling
• 1 ptts suffered a violent seixure as a result of teh high stress.

Question 6

Results: Qualitative data

Answer 6

• Frequent observations of stress responses (sweating, shaking, stuttering, groaning, lip biting)
• Momentary levels of defiant responses “I dont think this is very humane” “You take this Check” “I’ll hurt his heart”

A small minority didn’t show elevated stress levels and appeared calm

Question 7

What were the momentary levels of defiant responses?

Answer 7

• “I dont think this is very humane”
• “You take this Check”
• “I’ll hurt his heart”