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• What is a strength of Burgers study? (link to Milgram)

  He used almost exactly the same procedure as Milgram in terms of standardised procedure, meaning he could compare his findings with Milgram, to check that they were consistent, further increasing the reliability of his findings.

• How ethical was Burgers Study?

  Very ethical because Burger used careful screening to ensure that participants were suitable, they were also told that they could withdraw at least 3 times, and Burger did not cause any unnecessary stress to the participants.

• How does having quantitative data benefit Burgers study?

  The data gathered was related to the percentage of participants who shocked up to 150v, this is considered to be objective. Burger then used a chi squared statistical test to analyse differences between him and Milgram so that we could make conclusions to be made on how the levels of obedience had changed in 45 years.

• How does the artificial nature of the task in Burgers study affect the validity?

  It lowers the validity because it makes it unlike real life scenarios where orders are obeyed, as you would not often have to complete a word pair task as a normal part of your routine.

• How is a lack of control over numerous factors a weakness of Burgers study?

  Things may affect obedience levels other than the situation, for example, the victim being in a different room and the experimenter taking responsibility may have had an effect on responses so it is difficult to check internal validity.

• Is Burgers study representative?

  It may not be because the participants were self selected then discarded due to many things including anxiety and their knowledge of psychology. Leaving an unrepresentative sample that could not be generalisable to the wider population.

• What is the practical investigation for social psychology?

  A questionnaire to see if females perceive themselves to be more obedient than males.

• What is the background for the practical investigation?

  obedience refers to complying with an authority figure, there is some evidence which suggests that females are more obedient than males and see themselves as such. so self reporting data is used.

• What is the Aim of the practical investigation?

  To investigate whether there are perceived Gender differences in levels of obedience and specifically whether females perceive themselves to be more obedient than males.

• What is the dependent variable for the practical investigation and how is it operationalised?

  The scores on a rating scale question, operationalised by measuring the responses of female and male participants on a scale of 0 to 10 regarding how obedient they perceive themselves to be.