Individual Differences Flashcards
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What is the Locus of control?
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- is a belief about whether the outcomes of our actions are depending on what we do or on events outside our personal control
2
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What does Locus of control 1966 suggested ?
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- our behaviour is controlled by rewards and punishments
- this determined our beliefs about our actions then it influence our behaviours and attitudes
3
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Internal locus of control
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- believe you are responsible for your own actions and less influenced by others
4
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External locus of control
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- behaviours is beyond their control and due to external factors and influences by them
5
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Locus of control milgram
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- disobeyed ppl 48% internal LOC 39% external LOC ( blamed on experimenter)
- obey ppl 25% external LOC blamed learner
6
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Authoritarian personality (Adorno et al 1950)
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- F scale
- the higher the score = the more rigid and intolerant to change and hostile to inferior
= but are submissive to ppl with higher status than them
7
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F scale applied to Milgram + elms 1966
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- out of 20 p.pants of obey / disobey
- obedient = higher F score = indicates authoritarian personality type
8
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Personality traits of Empathy
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- usually remain stable
- assume - high level empathy= less likely to harm others by order of AF = less likely to obey
9
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Burger (2009) study on empathy on obedience
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- high empathy more likely to protest, however did not show in less obedience
- suggest empathy does not affect obedience
10
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What study support the factor of gender ?
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- Sheridan and king 1972- giving real shocks to puppy - female more obedient
- kilham and Mann 1974 - replication of milgram - female less obedient than male
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What study does not support the factor of gender affect obedience?
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- milgram (8) - found similar obedience rates f- 65%, 27.5% stopped at 300v
- burger - female anxiety level was higher but still obey
12
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Culture difference affect obedience
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- individualistic cultures - behave independently, resist conformity and compliance
- collectivist cultures - interdependence and cooperation in society = more likely to obey
