factors affecting obedience

Question 1

what are the two different types of factors

Answer 1

situational

individual differences

Question 2

what situational factors affect obedience

Answer 2

status of authority
distance from authority
personal responsibility
momentum of compliance

Question 3

explain status of authority

Answer 3

high levels of authority will increase obedience
Milligram showed this when he did a variation in which the real experimenter left the room and a confed gave the orders. only 20% obeyed

Question 4

explain distance from authority

Answer 4

when closer to authority the obedience will increase - people feel more pressure
milligram did a variation where the experimenter gave the final instructions over the phone - obedience was 22.5%

Question 5

explain personal responsibility

Answer 5

if participants have to take responsibility they’ll be less obedient
when participants had to sign a contract stating that they’d take all responsibility the obedience fell to 40%

Question 6

explain momentum of compliance

Answer 6

slow and gradual increase of 15v as it is easier to continue as participants feel as though it is not as bad

Question 7

what individual differences affect obedience

Answer 7

culture
gender
personality

Question 8

explain culture

Answer 8

different cultures show different levels of obedience based on how they are raised
MANTEL found 85% obedience in germany as opposed to milgram finding 65% in america

Question 9

explain gender

Answer 9

females have the same obedience as males but show more moral strain
Milligram repeated his original experiment and found the same obedience but they showed more moral strain
Burgers study found no change

Question 10

explain personality

LOCUS OF CONTROL

Answer 10

• locus of control = internal - person in control - external = they believe the situation is out of their hands
  HOLLAND found no link between locus of control and obedience
  BLASS found link between internal locus and resistance. obedient people have external locus of control

Question 11

explain personality

AUTHORITARIAN PERSONALITY

Answer 11

responding to a sitation in a certain way - can reduce or increase obedience
MILLIGRAM found that people in more caring jobs were less obedience
BLASS found those in authoritarian submission were more likely to obey
DAMBROON AND VATINE found that higher aptitude makes people more obedient