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Situational Factors Affecting Obedience in Milgram's Variations
Milgram's follow-up studies revealed that obedience decreased significantly when situational factors were altered. For instance, moving the experiment to a less prestigious off-campus office building reduced the maximum shock rate to 48%. Increasing the victim's proximity—by having them in the same room (40%) or requiring physical contact (30%)—also lowered obedience. Furthermore, diminishing the experimenter's authority, such as by giving orders over the phone, resulted in an obedience rate of 23%.
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In a foundational study on obedience, participants were instructed by an authority figure in a lab coat to administer what they believed were painful electric shocks to another person in an adjacent room. Considering the various modifications made in follow-up studies to test the limits of obedience, which of the following changes to the original procedure would be predicted to cause the largest drop in the rate of full obedience?
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A researcher is replicating a classic study where a participant ('teacher') is instructed by an authority figure to administer what they believe are painful electric shocks to another person ('learner'). Based on the known principles of how situational factors influence obedience, which of the following modifications to the experimental setup would most likely result in the LOWEST rate of obedience (i.e., the fewest 'teachers' administering the maximum shock)?
A team of psychologists is designing a study based on classic obedience experiments where an authority figure pressures a participant to administer what they believe are increasingly severe punishments to another person. The team's goal is to create a condition that will yield the lowest level of obedience. Based on findings from variations of these experiments, which of the following scenarios would be most likely to achieve this goal?