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What was the predicted percentage of participants who would obey the experimenter and give the maximum level of shock in Milgram's experiment?
What factor lowered obedience in Milgram's experiment?
What was the percentage of participants (teachers) who actually gave the maximum shock in Milgram's experiment?
What did the most recent replication of the Milgram experiment find?
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What was the role of the learner in Milgram's experiment?
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What is the term for attributing behavior to internal characteristics or personal factors?
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Which bias involves underestimating situational factors and viewing behavior as a result of disposition, even when strong situational factors are obvious?
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What is the term for the tendency to use situational attributions to explain our own behavior while using dispositional attributions to explain the behavior of others?
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What bias involves attributing success to dispositional factors while attributing failure to situational factors?
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Which term refers to the tendency to fail to consider situational factors altogether when attributing behavior?
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Study Notes
Milgram's Experiment
- Only 1.3% of participants were predicted to obey the experimenter and give the maximum level of shock.
- The presence of another person who refused to give shocks lowered obedience.
- In reality, 65% of participants (teachers) gave the maximum shock in the experiment.
Recent Replication and Learner's Role
- The most recent replication of the Milgram experiment found similar results, indicating that humans still have a strong tendency to obey authority.
- The learner in Milgram's experiment was an actor who pretended to receive electric shocks, with the goal of studying obedience to authority.
Attribution Biases
- The term for attributing behavior to internal characteristics or personal factors is called dispositional attribution.
- The fundamental attribution error involves underestimating situational factors and viewing behavior as a result of disposition, even when strong situational factors are obvious.
- The actor-observer bias refers to the tendency to use situational attributions to explain our own behavior while using dispositional attributions to explain the behavior of others.
- The self-serving bias involves attributing success to dispositional factors while attributing failure to situational factors.
- The oversight bias refers to the tendency to fail to consider situational factors altogether when attributing behavior.
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Test your knowledge of the famous Milgram Experiment with this quiz. Explore the dynamics of obedience and authority as participants take on the role of teacher and administer "shocks" to a learner. See if you can predict the outcomes and understand the ethical implications of the study.
