Social psychology – Lesson 3 Mini Debate (Milgram) and Milgram’s three variations

Milgram quiz Where did the study take place? How many participants took part? How were the participants recruited? How much were they paid? Participants were misled by Milgram – what were they told the study was about? What was the task the participant took part in? What signs of distress did the participants show? How many went up to 300V? How many went up to 450V? Why could this result be seen as useful to society?

Ethics mini debate – The trial! Group one Milgram and his confederates (Defence) You believe you can justify your decisions. Why did Milgram deceive his participants? Did he provide the right to withdraw? Did he harm the participant? What did he do to ensure there were no lasting problems? Group two Ethical board (Prosecution) You believe what took place in Yale was unacceptable What did Milgram do that was unethical? Why is this a problem?

Milgram’s variations After the original study Milgram conducted various variations of basic study. For this course we are going to be focussing on three of his variations. You will need to have to be able to describe each variation and provide evaluation points for each variation. Quick variations puzzle! Once you have matched up the pieces – discuss the differences between the variations and the original study Take a photo! Why did Milgram change his basic study?

Milgram on his variations (different conditions) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HcMWlnTtFQ 38 minutes until 44 minutes

Milgram’s variations – H/W 1. Use the worksheet to write up your APRC on each variation Evaluation A03 – Using the documents on the learning space provide evaluation points on each variation. Provide strengths and weaknesses.

Variation – Evaluation (resources on learning space) Strengths Weaknesses Rundown office variation Telephonic Instructions variation Ordinary man variation

Evaluate Milgram’s original study (8)

How to write out evaluation: In an evaluation essay: A03- Evaluation A01 - Description Point – which evaluation point are you going to use? Evidence – examples from study (this is description and is A01) Comment – so what?

How to write out evaluation: In an evaluation essay: A03- Evaluation A01 - Description Point – which evaluation point are you going to use? Evidence – examples from study (this is description and is A01) Comment – so what?

Evaluation Question (8 marks) Balanced argument coming to a judgement Therefore Weakness Strength Conclusion Always using PEC

Evaluate Milgram’s original study (8) Please complete Take a few minutes to plan Time – 10 minutes (or extra if ET)