factors affecting obedinace Flashcards
what are the factor that affect obedience?
situation
culture
individual differences
gender
who studied into situation?
milgram
what did mailgram suggests about obedience?
that obedience is down to situation rather than individual differences
why did mailgram state obedience is down to situation?
he found that when he changed the situation in his variations that the level of obedience also charged
what variations did mailgram look at?
proximity - 7
status of authority - 13
personal responsilbilty - sign a contract
in milgrams personal responsibility variation what did obedience drop to?
40%
what are the two type of cultures?
individualistic - tend to resist conformity and compliance, act more independently (UK)
collectivist - behave as a collective group to achieve interdependence compliance is important
who conducted the study on culture and obedience?
blass
what did blass do?
conducted a met analysis including obedience levels from different studies from 35 curtness
what were some of the results for class?
us (bock) 40%
uk (mcguiness) 50%
s africa (edwards) 87.5%
what did mailgram and elms do to do with individual differences?
looked at how authoritarian personality creates more obedience
what do milgram and elms say about authoritarian personality?
that those with an authoritarian personality are more submissive and obedient to those of a higher authority
what is the locus of control?
type of personality
the reasons that give for what happens to them
what type of locus of controls are there?
internal and external
what is an internal locus of control?
they have control of their actions and they have caused what has happened
they are less influenced by others
what is an external locus of control?
believe that what happens to them is out of their control
down to things ushc as fate
easily linked to others
what did blass find about locus of control?
he found that internal locus of control was linked to being more resistant to obedience
which gender is seen as more submissive?
women due to their lack of aggression
throughout history and stereotypes
what did burger find about gender differences?
he found no significant gender differences when administering shocks
mailgram did a variation with women what was there obedience level?
65% which was the same for men
what did sheridan and king find?
adapted milligrams study and let students give real electric shocks to a live puppy found that all 13 female students were much more obedient and delievered maximum shock compared to men
what did kilham and mann find?
that women were much less obedient than men when administering shocls
40% vs 16%
what did class find about gender?
did a meta analysis on 10 studies and found that only kilhamm and man showed gender differences in obedience and concluded that there was no gender difference in obedience levels
