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CAIE A-Level Psychology Milgram Obedience Study

Practise recalling Milgram's authority, shock-generator and learner procedure, then using operational obedience, conclusions and study-specific evidence to evaluate the research.

Syllabus
2028–2030
Course
Psychology 9990
Level
AS

Exam points

  • describe deception through the fake shock or recorded learner response, not by naming deception alone
  • operationalise obedience as the maximum shock-generator voltage reached under the authority's orders
  • evaluate sampling, ethics, standardisation or realism through a concrete feature of Milgram's procedure

Milgram (obedience) question 1

[Maximum number: 2]

From the study by Milgram (obedience):

Outline what is meant by the term 'obedience'.

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