“Part 1 Write a short piece summarising and interpreting the information presented in the table below. (200 words) TMA 01 Part 2 Prepare a 2 page report in the form of a hand-out, describing information and findings for military officer cadets. Prepare an account of how and why Milgrams research on obedience is relevant to our understanding of the conduct of soldiers in times of war. (800 words)”

This table represents the, average levels of shock that was administered to learners by teachers; the predictions made by college students and middle-class adults before the study took place and also, Milgrams actual experimental findings.

On average, teachers in Milgrams study, administered 368 volts to learners, this decreased to 244 in variation 1 and 272 in variation 2 of the study. These figures suggest that the presence of the experimenter in a laboratory coat, an authority figure, leads to more people complying and showing obedience.

The percentage of teachers administering, maximum voltage, supports these findings  that the presence of an authority figure, relates to people being more obedient, with 65% complying in the original study, decreasing drastically to 20% and 20.5% when the presence of an authority figure, is removed.

The experiment…(short extract)