factors affecting obedience

Question 1

is personality and individual difference or developmental

Answer 1

individual difference

Question 2

decribe how personality can affect obdedience with evaluation

Answer 2

internal locus of control - in control of own actions and beliefs less influenced
external locus control - what happens comes from ouside control and more influenced
+ miller-external more likely to grasp electric wires
- schurz-no difference in obededince when told to give a painful dose of ultrasound

authoritarian personality- adorno, harsh parenting can lead to toughness and destructiveness and cynicism, measured using f scale
+ milgram and elms - obedient pts had higher f scale

empathy - hih=gher levels mean less likey to cause harm
+ burger - more likely to protest

Question 3

is gender individual differences or developmental

Answer 3

developmental

Question 4

how does gender affect obedience and evaluate

Answer 4

giligan - suggested that moral decision making is guided by differing principles

ethics of justice- commonly seen in males, values equality and fairness

ethics of care- interpersonal relationships and nurturing and supporting those in need

+ Gilligan and Attanucci-pts interviewed on real life moral dilemas, makes favoured justice, females favoured care

• milgram used femal pts, 65% obedience, same as males

Question 5

how does culture affect obededince and evaluate

Answer 5

individualistic - focus on developing personal autonomy so more likely to resist conforming and compliance

collectivist - they behave based on interdependance in persuit of group goals so they would have high levels of obedience

behviours vary across cultures due to the process of socialisation

+ thomas blass full review of obedience found that south africa had 87.5% obedience and australia had 28% obedience

• the average obedience in US was 60.94% and in other countries 65.94% which is very similar

Question 6

how does situation affect obedience and evaluate

Answer 6

momentum of complience - tasks start small but requests increase so feel they have to continue

proximity - the closer the authority figure the higher the obedience

status of authority - higher obedience with legitimate authority

personal responsibility - more obedient in a situation where personal responsibility is removed and placed on authority figure

+ milgram variation 7 - orders on phone reduced proximity
+ milgram variation 13- ordinary man shows status affects obedience
- milgrams research never showed 100% obedience despite situation