bocchiaro
what are the three respones to authority
obey, disobey and whistleblowing
why do people not whistleblow
lose job, lost friends, legal action, scared
what were the 3 parts of bocchiaro study
pilot study, main study, predicting task
what was the sample size in the main study
149 participants
how many females were in the main study
96
how many males were in the main study
53
what was the exdeucation in the main study
undergraduate students
what was the mean age in the main study
20.8
what was the reward of doing the expirment in the main study
course credit or 7 erous
how many minutes did the experimenter leave the room for the first time in the main study
3
how many minutes did the experimenter leave the room for the second time in the main study
7
how many personality variables where there for the HEXACO-PI-R
6
how long did the procedure for the main study take
40 minutes
how many questions were in HEXACO-PI-R
60
how many people obey in the main study
114
how many people disobeyed in the main study
21
how many people whistleblow in the main study
14
what was the sample size in the pilot study
92
what was the exducation background in the pilot study
VU universtiy in amsterdam
what was the sample size of the predicting task
138
what is the agentic theory
if a person is doing an action on someone esle behalf they don't feel personal reponiblity
what is the dispositional theory
is a nation would act a certain way because of their personality and that a different nation would act a differtented
what was the aim of the bocchiaro study
made a new study which gave them more then two respondes to authority which was the two in milgram study obey and disobey but the thrid repsonese was whistle-blow
how was bocchiare and milgram study different
bocchiare test personality and gave a possiable third response
what was the basic procedure of the main study
1. asked the p's to give names of students.
2. gave a "cover story" about researchers wanting to replicata a unethical study on young peopel that had negtive effects
3. then asked the p's to write a statement to convince the named fellow students to do the study.
4. the p's did 2 personality tests
what was the cover story about
the cover story was about an unethical experiment when the participants flet was a frightening experience
the procedure of the main study but in more detail
1. this is an lab experiment.
2. a male dutch experimetnter was formally dressed and had a stern manner.
3. the experimenter asked names of students to take part in the study.
4. then gave a cover story about a experterment done in rome which the experment was a very unethical experiment where the p's flet was a frigthening experence.
5. the experimenter left the room for 3 minutes to allow the participnats to think when asked to write a statement to persuade the students into the cover story.
6. then the p's were taken to another room to type their statement.
7. the experimenter ask the p's to write type the statement but in a enthusiactic and don't mention anything negtive.
8. the experimenter then left the room for 7 minutes.
9. in the room was a mailbox and a research committe form.
10. if the p's felt that the study violated ethical norms then the p's could report it to the human ethics committe by checking a box and put it in the mailbox.
11. the experimenter took them back to the first room and had them do a personality test. the test inclueded the HEXACO-PI-R this measured 6 personality variables and soical value orientation test.
12. they were then given a debrief.
13. the p's then signed a second consent form fo the real study.
the whole procedure took about 40 minutes.
what was the conclusion of the study
1. what we think we would do isn't actually would we would do.
2. just becuase you disobeym dones't mean you're going to be a whistle-blow.
3. peopel obey authority.
4. whistleblowers have more faith than obedient or disobedient individuals.
what was the research method
lab experiment but no IV, lots of control, conducted in a controlled lab, there's a DV
what was the dependent variable
is they are obedyed, disobeyed or whiste-blew and resutls from the 2 personality tests