WHAT WAS THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES OF THE STANLEY MILGRAM EXPERIMENT?
In the first 4 experiments, the independent variable of the Stanley Milgram Experiment was the degree of physical immediacy of an authority. The dependent variable was compliance. The closer the authority was, the higher percentage of compliance. Later in the following series of experiments, the independent variable (IV) varied: • IV: The closeness of the learner (the person receiving shocks), compliance decreased the nearer the learner was perceived to be. • IV: Gender differences: Did not seem to affect compliance much (but women report higher distress). • IV: Status of the authority: the lower perceived status, the less compliance. • IV: Conformity: What other subjects did affected compliance (If others complied, the chance was greater that the subject complied).
In the first 4 experiments, the independent variable of the Stanley Milgram Experiment was the degree of physical immediacy of an authority. The dependent variable was compliance. The closer the authority was, the higher percentage of compliance. Later in the following series of experiments, the independent variable (IV) varied: • IV: The closeness of the learner (the person receiving shocks), compliance decreased the nearer the learner was perceived to be. • IV: Gender differences: Did not seem to affect compliance much (but women report higher distress). • IV: Status of the authority: the lower perceived status, the less compliance. • IV: Conformity: What other subjects did affected compliance (If others complied, the chance was greater that the subject complied). WHAT WAS THE INDEPENDENT/DEPENDENT VARIABLE IN THE TUSKEGEE SYPHILIS STUDY? The independent variable in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was what type of treatment participants with syphilis received, while the dependent variabl
