Factors Affecting Obedience

Question 1

Locus of control

Answer 1

Internal - autonomous - dissent ( responsible for your own actions)
external - agentic - obeying (not responsible for your own actions)

Question 2

Personality

Answer 2

Defined by upbringing
Score highly on f scale
If you are authoritarian ( developed by Adorno)
Parenting style ( strict parents - less likely to disobey)

Question 3

Situation factors

Answer 3

Momentum of compliance - increasing requests
Proximity - closer authority figure increases obedience
Status of authority
Personally responsibility - removed if an authority figure is there ( experimenter in milgram)

Question 4

Culture

Answer 4

Individualist ( america and Britain) behave more independently and resist conformity and compliance
Collectivist (Israel and china) behave as a group based in cooperation and compliant as its important for group stability

Question 5

Gender

Answer 5

Similar levels of obedience but females have higher anxiety

Question 6

Locus of control part 2

Answer 6

An individual with an external locus of control is more likely to be obedient as they believe that their behaviour is outside of their control (1). People with an internal locus of control are less likely to be obedient as they attribute their behaviour to their own actions (1). An individual may have a high desire for control which has been related to lower levels of obedience because they want to be in charge of their own decisions (1).

Question 7

Conclusion

Answer 7

Putting someone in a certain situation could override personality

Question 8

Gender

Answer 8

Kilham and Mann (1974) replicated Milgram’s original
study and found that females were less obedient than the
male participants (16% compared to 40%

Question 9

Milgram and elms

Answer 9

Elms and Milgram (1966) found that fully obedient
individuals scored higher on the F-Scale measuring
authoritarianism compared to defiant participants

Question 10

Gender AO1

Answer 10

Individuals develop a sense of gender identity
(masculinity and femininity) through socialisation.
• Gender stereotypes affect how we perceive ourselves and
others, such as women being perceived to be more
obedient

Question 11

Burger

Answer 11

Burger (2009) found gender differences are minimal
therefore supporting Milgram’s original research that
gender is less of a factor in obedience than others such
as cultur