Question

Outline the six factors that Milgram discusses in an attempt at explaining the decrease in

obedience as a function of bringing the victim closer.

Answer 1

Proximity - When the authority figure, which the experimenter, is far away, and the instruction are given by another person, the the obedience decreases substantially.

Location - When the experiment is shifted from the Yale University to an ordinary office, obedience slightly decreases.

Presence of authority figure - When the authority figure was present, the subjects were obedient, but when he was not present, the obedience decreased.

Other Participants - Milgram observed that when there were other participants in the room, obedience decreased.

Learner in another - If the learner was in the same room, the subject was less likely to obey the commands.

Other subject disobeying- If the subject saw another subject disobeying the commands of the experimenter, then they were more likely to disobey.