Prior to determining that Milgram’s experiment successfully demonstrated the subject’s obedience to the experimenter, it is essential to identify the dependent measures. “The primary dependent measure for any subject is the maximum shock he administers before he goes any further”. To determine if the subject was obedient, the experimenter looked at how many shock levels were administered. The subject is considered a “defiant subject if he administered below thirteen shock levels and an obedient subject if he administered all shock levels commanded”. Obtaining sufficient evidence is important before drawing any conclusions; therefore Milgram considered the predictions of fourteen Yale seniors where he gave them the same “experimental situation”. The predictions from the Yale Seniors and the actual results were different. The students predicted that only an “insignificant amount would go through the end of the shock series” and the actual results stated that more than half made it to the
Prior to determining that Milgram’s experiment successfully demonstrated the subject’s obedience to the experimenter, it is essential to identify the dependent measures. “The primary dependent measure for any subject is the maximum shock he administers before he goes any further”. To determine if the subject was obedient, the experimenter looked at how many shock levels were administered. The subject is considered a “defiant subject if he administered below thirteen shock levels and an obedient subject if he administered all shock levels commanded”. Obtaining sufficient evidence is important before drawing any conclusions; therefore Milgram considered the predictions of fourteen Yale seniors where he gave them the same “experimental situation”. The predictions from the Yale Seniors and the actual results were different. The students predicted that only an “insignificant amount would go through the end of the shock series” and the actual results stated that more than half made it to the