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| Title |
Beliefs about Obedience Levels in Studies Conducted within the Milgram Paradigm: Better than Average Effect and Comparisons of Typical Behaviors by Residents of Various Nations
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01632 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tomasz Grzyb, Dariusz Dolinski |
| Abstract |
The article presents studies examining whether the better than average (BTA) effect appears in opinions regarding obedience of individuals participating in an experiment conducted in the Milgram paradigm. Participants are presented with a detailed description of the experiment, asked to declare at what moment an average participant would cease their participation in the study, and then asked to declare at what moment they themselves would quit the experiment. It turned out that the participants demonstrated a strong BTA effect. This effect also concerned those who had known the results of the Milgram experiment prior to the study. Interestingly, those individuals-in contrast to naive participants-judged that the average person would remain obedient for longer, but at the same time prior familiarity with the Milgram experiment did not impact convictions as to own obedience. By the same token, the BTA effect size was larger among those who had previously heard of the Milgram experiment than those who had not. Additionally, study participants were asked to estimate the behavior of the average resident of their country (Poland), as well as of average residents of several other European countries. It turned out that in participants' judgment the average Pole would withdraw from the experiment quicker than the average Russian and average German, but later than average residents of France and England. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3 | 13% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| Comoros | 1 | 4% |
| Hungary | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 14 | 58% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 20 | 83% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 8% |
| Scientists | 1 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 36 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 36 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 8% |
| Researcher | 2 | 6% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 18 | 50% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 12 | 33% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 18 | 50% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 April 2022.
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