The experimenter has two participant’s given two pieces of paper to choose one from, both of the pieces of paper have ‘teacher’ written on them. The learner is actually a part of the research team to help fool the other participant, the teacher. They are both given instructions on how to perform their part of the experiment. In this variation, both participants are in separate rooms. The learner is strapped with braces to initiate the electric shocks; while the teacher has the control over the shocks when giving word task directions. If answered correctly, no shock is given but when answered incorrectly than a shock is given, then repeat, but if another answer is incorrect, the shock is raised another voltage. The researcher will stay in the room with the teacher while performing the experiment. In the other room, the learner then unstraps himself and sets up the recording of him screaming in agony requesting to be let out. …show more content…
Only a few of the teachers in the study would ask this question. If they did, they usually carried on, feeling as if they were not in control after given directions. Someone else would be taking the blame for what may happen to the learner in the next room even if they are the initial