Lesson 4.1.1.4

4.1.1.4 Situational variables in obedience: Milgram's proximity, location and uniform Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. In Milgram's baseline study, what percentage of participants were fully obedient, going to the maximum 450 volts?

    • 40 per cent
    • 65 per cent
    • 30 per cent
    • 0 per cent

  2. What obedience rate occurred when teacher and learner were in the same room?

    • 40 per cent
    • 65 per cent
    • 30 per cent
    • 20 per cent

  3. What was the obedience rate when teachers forced the learner's hand onto a shock plate?

    • 50 per cent
    • 40 per cent
    • 65 per cent
    • 30 per cent

  4. What happened to obedience levels when Milgram moved his study to a run-down office?

    • Obedience rose
    • Obedience stayed identical
    • Obedience fell
    • Obedience dropped to zero

  5. Why does a prestigious location like Yale increase obedience?

    • Reduces participant stress
    • Increases physical proximity
    • Decreases task difficulty
    • Signals perceived legitimacy

  6. Which situational variable in Milgram's research involves a lab coat or similar clothing?

    • Location
    • Uniform
    • Status
    • Proximity

  7. Which situational variable is demonstrated when a person obeys a stranger wearing a uniform?

    • Legitimate authority
    • Social support
    • Blind conformity
    • Internal locus

  8. Which Milgram condition produced the lowest level of obedience regarding victim contact?

    • Touch proximity
    • Telephonic order
    • Same room
    • Remote instruction

  9. What was the obedience rate when the experimenter gave orders over a telephone?

    • 65.0%
    • 92.5%
    • 20.5%
    • 40.0%

  10. What type of explanation is supported by changes in obedience across proximity and location variations?

    • Cognitive
    • Biological
    • Dispositional
    • Situational

  11. What is a major ethical criticism of Milgram's obedience research?

    • Right to withdraw
    • Participant distress
    • Informed consent
    • Data privacy

  12. Which Milgram situational variable is tested by placing the authority figure in the same room?

    • Modality
    • Uniform
    • Location
    • Proximity

  13. In Milgram's study, what proportion of participants continued to the maximum level when the learner was in another room and the experimenter was present?

    • Around 65 per cent
    • Around 5 per cent
    • Around 25 per cent
    • Around 100 per cent

  14. Which factor was systematically altered in Milgram's variations to test obedience changes?

    • Situational variables
    • Personality traits
    • Genetic codes
    • Intelligence levels

  15. What kind of explanation is demonstrated when changing the setting alters obedience levels?

    • Psychodynamic
    • Genotypic
    • Situational
    • Dispositional

  16. In Milgram's telephone variation, what happened to overall obedience levels?

    • Fluctuated randomly
    • Decreased
    • Stayed constant
    • Increased

  17. What does falling obedience in close proximity conditions suggest about participants?

    • Reluctance to harm
    • Cognitive deficit
    • Extreme sadism
    • Total apathy

  18. Why did obedience drop when Milgram moved his study to a run-down office block?

    • Reduced legitimacy
    • Smaller room
    • Poor lighting
    • Increased noise

  19. Which set of factors forms Milgram's investigated situational variables?

    • Intelligence, mood, stress
    • Proximity, location, uniform
    • Consent, debrief, withdraw
    • Gender, age, class

  20. A study finds that obedience is higher in a setting that signals authority than in a setting that does not. Which situational variable is most likely at work?

    • Proximity
    • Minority influence
    • Locus of control
    • Location

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