Across
- 2. Milgram conducted his experiment at ________ University.
- 5. The opposite of being in an agentic state is being in an ________ state.
- 8. The participants in Milgram’s study were all American males and therefore were not ________ of all people.
- 10. Participants were always allocated the role of ‘________’ in Milgram's experiment.
- 12. 40 paid male volunteers from different backgrounds were told that they were taking part in a study on the role of ________ on learning in Milgram's famous experiment. However, this was deception.
- 13. A strength of Milgram’s study is that he uses the experimental method so therefore has ________ ________ over extraneous variables (4,7).
- 14. Milgram conducted research into variables affecting obedience. The place where an order is issued refers to ________.
- 15. Milgram's experiment was conducted in an unfamiliar controlled environment and the task of giving electric shocks to strangers was artificial. Therefore, it has low ________ validity.
- 16. All participants administered shocks of at least 300 ________ despite some of them being extremely anxious whilst doing so.
- 17. Milgram conducted research into variables affecting obedience. How close the authority figure is to the person they are giving the order to, refers to ________.
Down
- 1. Carrying out the instructions of an authority figure is called ________.
- 3. In his original study Milgram concluded that under certain circumstances participants will obey an ________ figure, even when they feel uncomfortable doing so.
- 4. Milgram conducted research into variables affecting obedience. People in positions of authority often have a specific outfit that is symbolic of their authority - this refers to ________.
- 6. Confederates were always allocated the role of '________' in Milgram's experiment.
- 7. An explanation for obedience which suggests people are more likely to obey people who they perceive as having authority over them, this is called ________ of authority.
- 9. The ________ state is a mental state where the person does not feel responsible for their own actions.
- 11. The participants in Milgram's experiment were told to administer ________ ________ using a generator when the learner got an answer wrong (8,6).
- 12. When Milgram's participant began to worry or hesitate about administering the shocks, the ‘experimenter’ encouraged him to continue with a series of ‘________’ – such as ‘Please continue’.
