Dispositional Factors Flashcards
Self esteem on conformity
Low self esteem
More likely to conform
Internal locus of control
They have control decisions over their lives any success or failure is due to the choice they have made
External locus of control
Little control over their lives believes in fate
Locus of control on crowd behaviour
High LOC
Less likely to engage
Confidence
Kohlbergs stages of moral development
Longitudinal study
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Influence of brain in dispositions factors
Low self esteem
Reduced grey matter in hippocampus
More likely to conform
Damage to prefrontal cortex
Faulty moral reasoning
Adorno
Authoritarian personality
Obey people in authority and discriminate those who are inferior
F scale
People who had authoritarian personality saw the world I. Black and white
Blind obedience
Prejudice against those who are inferior
Criticisms
Kohlbergs research is gender bias. Males only
Not generalisable. Doesn’t take into account other cultures perspective in morality