Milgram’s Obedience Experiments #3
PART 3 Replications of the classic study Post-1974 and the publication of Milgram’s book, replications of Milgram’s experiment became increasingly rare as the growth of ethical guidelines and increasingly-powerful ethics committees in academic establishments made it all but impossible to put participants at risk the way Milgram had. However, a number of replications were carried out in other countries and largely support Milgram’s findings as reliable. Among these replications, the percentages of participants going to 450v were:- 80% in Italy – Leonardo Ancona & Rosetta Pareyson, 1968 85% of a sample of German males – David Mantell, 1971 50% of a male British sample – Peter Burley & John McGuinness, 1977 90% of a sample of Spanish students – Bonny Miranda et al, 1981 85% of an Austrian sample recruited from the general public – Grete Schurz, 1985 Not all the replications were as faithful to Milgram as they could have been. One of the more concerning was that of Mitri Shanab & Khawla Yahya (1977). Working with 6-16 year-olds, they found 73% of the children gave what they believed were real electric shocks to other same gender peers. A further potential confounding variable was that the researcher was female. One of the more interesting replications with regard to gender differences was that of Wesley Kilham & Leon Mann in… Read More