SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Milgram Experiment

• School: WLU
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SY101
• Professor: Greg Bird

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Lecture 4 -sociological research methods: research cycle, milgram experiments, bbc: (cid:862)ho(cid:449) viole(cid:374)t a(cid:396)e you? (cid:863) Refer to the slides to watch the youtube videos. Research cycle (memorize these: formulate question, review existing literature, select method, collect data, analyze data, report results. Ta(cid:374)le(cid:455) milg(cid:396)a(cid:373)"s e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)i(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts o(cid:374) o(cid:271)edie(cid:374)(cid:272)e to autho(cid:396)it(cid:455) (cid:894)1961(cid:895) Sample group randomly selected from the population. Sample bias does not equal random sample. Milgram experiment settings (cid:862)tea(cid:272)he(cid:396)(cid:863) = su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t (cid:862)lea(cid:396)(cid:374)e(cid:396)(cid:863) = a(cid:272)to(cid:396) Shocks increased by an increment of 15 volts per wrong answer. Labels: slight shock, moderate shock, strong shock, very strong shock, intense shock, extreme intense shock, danger: severe shock, and xxx (450 volts) 75 volts (grunts), 150 (complain), 150-285 (ask to be released, pleading more intensely, to. Incorrect answer= electric shock by increase of 15-volt shock agonizing screams), 330+ (silence) Ve(cid:396)(cid:271)al (cid:374)udge: (cid:862)please continue the e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)i(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)es that you continue (cid:863) September 21st 2016 sy 101 greg bird.