Dispositional Explanation For Obedience: Authoritarian Personality Flashcards
Adorno et al (1950) developed a questionnaire which he called?
The Questionnaire measures levels of?
The F-Scale
The F-Scale measures levels of authoritarian personality in an individual
What did Psychologists mainly question about Milgram’s study?
Whether obedience occurred due to situational factors or dispositional factors
Milgram conducted a follow up study to obtain answers using the same participants
What did Elms and Milgram (1966) want to identify about their participants?
Whether if the obedient participants in Milgram’s research were more likely to display authoritarian personality traits in comparison to disobedient participants
Elms and Milgram (1966)
What was the sample number within this study?
20 Obedient participants who administered 450V
20 disobedient participants who refused to continue
40 in total
What did participants have to complete?
Several personality Questionnaires
Adornos F-Scale to measure their authoritarian personality
Open ended questions about relationships with their parents and their relationship with the experimenter and learner
What did Elms and Milgram find out about the two samples of participants?
Obedient participants scored higher on the F-Scale in comparison to disobedient participants
Obedient participants were less close to their fathers during childhood, furthermore admiring the experimenter.
Opposite for disobedient participants
What did Elms and Milgram conclude from the study?
Obedient participants in his original research displayed higher levels of the authoritarian personality in comparison to disobedient participants
Outline Adorno’s explanation of obedience
Adorno argued high levels of obedience were due to dispositional factors
Describe individuals who score high on the F-Scale
People who scored high on the F-Scale showed High respect for people with high social status, they dislike the weak
