Authoritarian Personality AO3

Question 1

Name the 4 evaluation points

Answer 1

• research support
• contradictory evidence
• further research support that political attitudes is a determining influence in obedience
• education may determine levels of obedience

Question 2

What evidence supports research support

Answer 2

Dambrum abd Vatine (2010)

Question 3

what evidence supports contradictory evidence

Answer 3

when milgram changed the experiment to a run down office rather than the lab, obedience dropped from 65% to 48%

Question 4

What evidence supports further research support that political attitudes is a determining influence in obedience

Answer 4

Bègue et al (2014)

Question 5

what evidence supports that education may determine levels of obedience

Answer 5

Middendorp and Melson (1990)

Question 6

What did Dambrum and Valtine (2010) find

Answer 6

Virtual environment with actor simulating shocks. Participants believed it was real despite knowing it wasn’t. Showed correlation between authoritarianism and shock levels administered

Question 7

What did Begue et al ( 2014) find?

Answer 7

• carried out a replication of Milgrims study as a fake game show
• found that ppts labelled themselves as more ‘left wing’ were the ones who obeyed the least

Question 8

What did Middendorp and Meloen (1990) find

Answer 8

• that less educated people were more authoritative and obedient compared to higher educated people