Factors affecting obedience and dissent: Situation and culture Flashcards
What is situation?
Features of the immediate physical and social environment which may influence a person’s behaviour. The alternative is dispoisitonal factors where behaviour is explained in terms of personality
How does reducing legitimacy reduce obedience?
Reducing the legtimacy of an authority figure or the prestigness of a building reduces obedience.
proved by Milgram
How does proximity increase/ decrease obedience?
When the distance between the authority figure and participant is increased, obedience reduces
How does the behaviour of others reduce obedience?
Exposure to 2 role models who are disobedient decreases obedience.
In Milgram’s study where there was another “teacher” who disobeyed- obedience dropped to 10%
What is culture?
The ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular group of people or society. Note that the term ‘culture’ does not describe the group of people- it refers to their shared practices and beliefs.
What do individulist cultures value?
Personal autonomy and self-reliance
What do collectivist cultures value?
loyalty to the group, interdependence and cooperation in pursuit of group goals
What is PDI?
Power Distance Index
What does PDI refer to?
How accepting people are of hierarchial order and inequality in society
What did Meeus and Raaijmakers do?
They asked ppts to deliver increasingly unkind insulta to a confederate who was applying for a job. 90% obeyed all 15 insults on the baseline test. 36% obeyed when the experimenter left the room. 16% obyed when there was 2 rebellious conferates
Are PDI countries more likely to obey than those that are not?
Australia has a PDI of 36% - obedience 28%
Poland has a PDI of 68%- obedience 90%
