If I recall correctly, it was a functional analysis similar to many
drug studies, where the effects of varying dosages (in this case
shock levels) on some measure of behavior was observed.
And yes, in some drub studies animal subjects are allowed to adjust
their own dosages.
So it was an experiment in the sense that all conditions except one
(shock level) were held constant.
The problem seems to be that the act of manipulation involved the
subjects' own behavior.
What makes it an experiment rather than a case study is the fact that
a standard protocol was used across a number of subjects.
On Feb 4, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Michael Britt wrote:
Someone on my blog asked what kind of study was the Milgram study.
In the first phase of Milgram's studies,nothing was being
manipulated - Milgram was just observing the subjects to see what
would happen. In later phases of the study he started manipulating
the presence or absence of the "experimenter", the number of
"subjects" in the room with the "learner" and others, so at that
point I'd say the studies became experiments. So what would you
call the first phase of the study - an observational study?
Michael
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