Explanations For Obedience - Proximity/location/uniform

Question 1

what does proximity involve?

Answer 1

How aware individuals are of consequences of their action in obeying authority figure

Question 2

What did Milgram find 1974?

Answer 2

When teacher and learner were in same room, teacher saw learners distress, obedience declined from 62.5% to 40%

Question 3

What can the location of an environment be relevant to?

Answer 3

The amount of perceived authority a person giving orders is seen to have

Question 4

What environments are obedience rates often highest in?

Answer 4

Institutionalised settings

Question 5

What did Milgram 1974 perform in an office block?

Answer 5

A variation of his study in a run down part of town, and obedience decreased from 62.5% to 47.5%

Question 6

What can the wearing of uniform give?

Answer 6

A perception of added legitimacy to authority figures when giving orders, increasing obedience rates

Question 7

What did Bickman 1974 find?

Answer 7

When ordering people on New York street to pick up litter, 19% obeyed when he was in normal clothes and 38% obeyed when hew as dressed as security guard