QR Challenge: Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. How many participants did Milgram use in his original study? | 40
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2. What voltage did all participants go up to? | 300
| 3. What gender were the participants? | Male
| 4. How many of the participants went to the full shock voltage? | 26
| 5. What University did the study take place at? | Yale
| 6. What was the name of the confederate? | Mr Wallace
| 7. What was the name of the experimenter? | Mr Williams
| 8. What were the participants told was the study was about? | Learning and punishment
| 9. How much were each of the participants paid? | $4.50
| 10. How many prods were used to convince the participants to continue? | 4
| 11. How many volts did each shock go up by if the learner got it wrong? | 15
| 12. What year was Milgram's study carried out in? | 1963
| 13. What ages were the men between? | 20-50
| 14. What was the highest shock value? | 450
| 15. What was the top shock labelled as? | xxx
| 16. What was the original hypothesis that Milgram had hoped to test? | Germans are different hypothesis
| 17. What was the name of the German who used the excuse that he was just obeying orders in his trial? | Adolf Eichman
| 18. How many participants had a full blown seizure? | 3
| 19. How many participants displayed nervous laughter and smiling? | 14 |
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_participants_did_Milgram_use_in_his_original_study?
Question 1 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_voltage_did_all_participants_go_up_to?
Question 2 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_gender_were_the_participants?
Question 3 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_of_the_participants_went_to_the_full_shock_voltage?
Question 4 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_University_did_the_study_take_place_at?
Question 5 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_name_of_the_confederate?
Question 6 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_name_of_the_experimenter?
Question 7 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_were_the_participants_told_was_the_study_was_about?
Question 8 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_much_were_each_of_the_participants_paid?
Question 9 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_prods_were_used_to_convince_the_participants_to_continue?
Question 10 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_volts_did_each_shock_go_up_by_if_the_learner_got_it_wrong?
Question 11 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_year_was_Milgram's_study_carried_out_in?
Question 12 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_ages_were_the_men_between?
Question 13 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_highest_shock_value?
Question 14 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_top_shock_labelled_as?
Question 15 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_original_hypothesis_that_Milgram_had_hoped_to_test?
Question 16 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_name_of_the_German_who_used_the_excuse_that_he_was_just_obeying_orders_in_his_trial?
Question 17 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_participants_had_a_full_blown_seizure?
Question 18 (of 19)
Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_participants_displayed_nervous_laughter_and_smiling?
Question 19 (of 19)