effect of culture on obedience

Question 1

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Answer 1

kilham and mann an Edwards et al conducted a study replicating milgrams and found that ppts from Australia only 28% went up to 450V, whereas ppts from South Africa 87.5% went up to 450V.

this could be due to the fact Australia is an individualistic culture which emphasises importance of independence and independent freedom and are taught to be assertive of people, therefore suggesting they may be less obedient to authority compared to ppts from South Africa which have a collectivist culture where they emphasise obedience and respect to authority and disregarding own beliefs to adopt belies of group, respect traditions of the group, see higher levels of obedienc

Question 2

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Answer 2

weakness: although shahab and yaha’s study found that individualistc cultures aren’t always significantly less obedient that collectivist cultures. found in a milligram relocated study on ppts in Jordan - collectivist culture 73% obedience compared to milgrams study USA where obedience still high 65%, cross cultural differences may not exist

Question 3

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Answer 3

although homilton and sanders in a study looking at attitudes of obedience found a significant difference in attitudes of USA and Japan, Russia

told stories of crimes in the workplace where some were from based off orders given by superiors and others were the actor’s own idea.

the USA ppts focused more on and directed more responsibility to criminals following orders from authority and the Russians and Japanese placed more emphesis on the stories that were the individual own ideas - collectivist culture USA = individulisix

Question 4

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Answer 4

although glass suggested that perhaps other factors such as age, gender and alterations of milgrams original study impacts findings. for example looking at attitudes towards obedience instead of behaviour of obedience may be the reason fr significant differences in obedience between cultures

Question 5

point 5

Answer 5

• difficult to compare results
• other factors may impact
  -poaaible to conclude morals children have been brought uo with may influence way act towards authority