JERRY BURGER (2009)

Contemporary StudyWould People Still Obey Today?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Identify the aims, method, procedure, results and conclusions of BURGER 2009Evaluate the study in terms of strengths and weaknesses (GRAVE)

Lesson 1

Identify the aims, method, procedure, results and conclusions of BURGER 2009

Knowledge - this relates to A01 (mark scheme)

ABC – Replication of the Milgram study (Burger, 2009)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnYUl6wlBF4

23.30 (for modelled refusal condition)

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1. When is the ‘critical moment’ according to Burger?

2. How many additional safeguards did Burger introduce?

3. Name 4 features that contribute to high rates of obedience

4. What hypothesis did Burger make regarding gender and obedience?

5. What were the 2 personality variables that seem to affect obedience behaviour?

6. Describe the sample

7. How many people were excluded from the first and second screening?

8. True or False. The participant was paid after they signed the consent form

9. How many word pairs were confederates asked to remember

10. What were the two conditions that participants were assigned to?

11. How many participants continued past 150V in the each condition?

12. True or False? Participants with high desire for control tended to show reluctance earlier in the base condition

13. Seeing another person model refuse had a profound effect on obedience levels. True or false?

14. What 5 participant characteristics were examined in this study?

15. What was the aim of Burger’s study?

16. What were the questionnaires measuring in the study?

1. When is the ‘critical moment’ according to Burger?

150v

2. How many additional safeguards did Burger introduce?

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3. Name 4 features that contribute to high rates of obedienceLegitimate authority figure, gradual increase in demands,Limited sources of information in a novel situation, Responsibility not assigned or diffused

4. What hypothesis did Burger make regarding gender and obedience?8 out of 9 replications using women obedience levels were the same. Burger did not anticipate finding any gender difference

5. What were the 2 personality variables that seem to affect obedience behaviour?High empathyHigh level of control

6. Describe the sample

Volunteer sample, 29 men, 41 women, age range 20 - 81

7. How many people were excluded from the first and second screening?1. 30%2. 38.2%

8. True or False. The participant was paid after they signed the consent form

False –they were paid before signing

9. How many word pairs were confederates asked to remember

25

10. What were the two conditions that participants were assigned to?1. Base condition (same as

Milgram)2. Modeled refusal condition

11. How many participants continued past 150V in the each condition?1. Base 28 (70%)2. Modeled refusal 19

(63.3%)

12. True or False? Participants with high desire for control tended to show reluctance earlier in the base conditionTRUE

13. Seeing another person model refuse had a profound effect on obedience levels. True or false?False – no effect

14. What 5 participant characteristics were examined in this study?Age, education, ethnicity, gender, personality variables

15. What was the aim of Burger’s study?To investigate obedience by partially replicating Milgram’s study to examine whether situational factors affect obedience to an authoritative figure

16. What were the questionnaires measuring in the study?1. IRI – empathy2. BAI – anxiety3. DCS – control4. BDI - depression

MILGRAM’S Original study BURGERSAME

EXPERIMENT ONE – BASELINE CONDITION

Individual task (timed)

Describe Burger’s (2009) study. (8 marks)

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Homework

Revise for test on Burger’s study (2009)

Details are very important (e.g. % in results)

Using GRAVE evaluate the study (bullet points not essay)

Lesson 2

Socrative Quiz(checking knowledge) – A01

Using Socrative App

CODE: AEB6UQEPF

Evaluate the study in terms of strengths and weaknesses (GRAVE)

Evaluation GRAVE – A02

Class discussion using notes from the homework task

Burger (2009) Evaluation

G wider age range and females however 'self-selecting' sample, all US participants and screened. Is the sample representative of the wider population?

R results from both studies can be compared therefore reliability can be claimed (as it was a replication)

Standardised procedure, instructions, prompts etc. and high level of control therefore can be replicated and tested for reliability

A how can this be applied to real life? Useful for society?

V unnatural setting (lab) therefore? Internal validity? Burger tested many variables to test what affected obedience he had data to help rule out other factors. However, can obedience be explained using other factors (not only situational)? i.e. the experimenter taking responsibility or experiencing something new and therefore looking at the experiment for guidance

E ethically stronger (study was seen as acceptable) however?

Evaluate Burger's (2009) study (12 marks)

Remember!

A01 – knowledge I.e. Description (6 marks)

A03- 4 evaluation points (6 marks) Ensure you elaborate and provide evidence from the study in each point. (PEC)