Dispositional Explanation Flashcards
What is authoritarian personality
Strict upbringing during childhood Such as physical punishment develop a collection of traits associated with authoritarian personality disorder and are more likely to be more obedient but more hostile towards lower social status they are aware of their own social status and power of other
They hold traditional beliefs hard to change
How was ap investigated
Those who scored highly on f scale were conscious of their own and others social status and respected those with power of authority above them so Ap leads to obedience for authority figures of higher social status so can be used as an explanation
The theory is a reductionist
It oversimplifies obedience stating people only obey Bcos they have so this is a problem as there are other factors that influence obedience such as child with strict upbringing may act on their own basis of behaviour as they have an internal locus of control and be less likely to be obedient thus as this explanation doesn’t account for other personality factors it is a reductionist
It here is research to support b
Elma and me of ram interviewed the participants of n the electric shock study they gave them the f scale and found many participants scored highly on this scale this supports Adonis findings that higher f scale rating leads to zap which can lead to dither obedience withauthority figures
The theory is determining justice
The theory is deterministic having so states if you e been brought up with strict upbringing you develop AP however it doesn’t take into account free will and actions to prevent so such as internal locus of control or rebellious kids who go against parents to avoid developing AP let alone obeying therefore expansion doesn’t consider methods of preventing AP
agentic state
when the person following the order is acting on behalf of the authority figure as an agent they believe that the responsibility of the actons fall upon the authority figure as they are giving the order
opposit is autonomous state taking responsibilty for own actions however can shift form autonomous to agentic state when given a instruction by an authority figure
legitimacy of a authority
how much social power somebody has an authority figure is a legitimate person they have power to punish so people may obey and obey as they know the authority has power to punish also they may believ that the authority figure is right so trust the authority figure
how was agentic state investeigated
in milgrams interview they asked participants who do you think was responsible they thought the researcher and the learner was respisible for the electric shocks
how was legitimacy of authority figure investigate
they used office and enviroment to decrease the legitimcay of the authority figure the rate and level of obedience dropped to around 20%
strength
is that follow up torture stimulation by valinte found that when giving electric shocks they believd that the researcher and the learner was to blame showing that they blame the agenicic state
weakness
only male participants
weakness is that
it doesnt take into account dispositional factrors such as ap
what is proximity and how does it affect obedience
how close the authority figure is to the perosn recieving the instruction when the investigator or the obedience figur is in close proximity obedience level is in creased and decreases when the proximity isfuther it was investigated by migram using a telephone teling participants to shock shocking fell to 20%
location
where the particpant or the reseracher is giveing the instruction it can either enhance the legitimacy of the authority figure however sometimes it may not be suitable for the authority to give an order in that enviroment
used run down offic bocks and high posh elite universities and obedience dropped significantly to 50%
uniform
how te obedience figure is dressed sometimes it can enahnce the obedience figure and ake them appear more officaial thus enhancing their legitimacy however at other times they may have uniform which doesnt reflect their position so has undermining effect
in milgrams participants were exxposed to an experimenter in a lab coat and in casual clothes obedience level dropped to 20%
