Outline and evalute Milgram's research into obediance.

AO1 -40 male participants2 confederates - Experimenter and learnerLearning task - 15V increment shock300V = heard screaming 100% reached this65% reached 450V fatal shockPrompts and prods throughout - the experiment requires you to continueAO3 - Sheridan and King - 100% females shocked puppies = ungeneralisableHofling et al - 21/22 nurses obeyed = external validityRank and Jacobsen - valium - 2/18 nurses obeyed

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