This archive contains files containing materials and data from:
Project: ES/L003104/1
Beyond the ‘Banality of Evil:’ A new understanding of conformity and atrocity
The following files have been archived:
File Name
Description
Online Study 1_Experimenter Gender
SPSS file containing data generated by an online paradigm of Milgram’s obedience studies

Description of the Gender manipulation used in the task, a copy of the consent form and debrief form, and a PDF of the experiment itself (including the paradigm itself and the relevant questionnaire)
Online Study 2_Identify Science_Background
SPSS file containing data generated by an online paradigm of Milgram’s obedience studies. This file contains data from academics/researchers from either the science or the humanities fields

Description of the ‘Three things’ manipulation used in the task, a copy of the consent form and debrief form, and a PDF of the experiment itself (including the paradigm itself and the relevant questionnaire)
Online Study 3_Identify Science Experimental
SPSS file containing data generated by an online paradigm of Milgram’s obedience studies. This file contains data from undergraduate students from all disciplines

Description of the ‘Three things’ manipulation used in the task, a copy of the consent form and debrief form, and a PDF of the experiment itself (including the paradigm itself and the relevant questionnaire)
Online Study 4_Identify with Victim Privilege
SPSS file containing data generated by an online paradigm of Milgram’s obedience studies. This file contains data from female undergraduate students from all disciplines

Description of the privilege manipulation used in the task, a copy of the consent form and debrief form, and a PDF of the experiment itself (including the paradigm itself and the relevant questionnaire)
Online Study 5_Peers Rebel Feedback
SPSS file containing data generated by an online paradigm of Milgram’s obedience studies. This file contains data from undergraduate students from all disciplines
Description of the ‘peers rebel’ manipulation used in the task, a copy of the consent form and debrief form, and a PDF of the experiment itself (including the paradigm itself and the relevant questionnaire)
Online Study 6_Type of Science 
SPSS file containing data generated by an online paradigm of Milgram’s obedience studies. This file contains data from female undergraduate students from all disciplines

Description of the ‘type of science’ manipulation used in the task, a copy of the consent form and debrief form, and a PDF of the experiment itself (including the paradigm itself and the relevant questionnaire)
Virtual Reality Study
1 SPSS file containing data generated by an experimental virtual reality study of Milgram’s paradigm and 1 SPSS file containing data generated by a control condition where only sound pressure (i.e. helping behaviour) was measured

A description of the study, consent form and debrief form, and a copy of the questionnaire are also included
Online Studies 7_Social vs Cog Studies
3 SPSS files containing data generated by an online paradigm of Milgram’s obedience studies. The files are the result of three separate but almost identical studies. In all three, participants were either told that the study was advancing cognitive neuroscience or social science. 

*Note that the datafile STUDY 3_CogSocial is from the same study as in the Online Study 6_Type of Science folder above. However, this file as well as the other two files in this folder include only the DVs analysed.

A description of the study, consent form and debrief form, and a copy of the questionnaire are also included.