Individual Differences .2

Question 1

Women are more obedient than man

Answer 1

Sheridan king experiment
Asked men and women to give shocks to a real puppy
100 percent of women obeyed
54 percent of men obeyed

Men were more defiant
Women expressed upsetness, and was crying throughout the entire experiment

Question 2

Men are more obedient than women

Answer 2

Milgram Experiment replicated in Australia, showed that 16 percent of women obeyed 40 percent of men obeyed

Question 3

Gilligan

Answer 3

Gilligans reasoning for this was that men used a ethic of justice, where rhey would have a detached look to avoid bias
Women used a ethic of care, where they were nurturing and wanted to help those in need

Question 4

Support for gilligan

Answer 4

Atanucci used a series of interviews of men and women using moral dillemas, women favoured a more ethical orientation where men favoured a more justice orientation, showing a support for the difference between men and women

Question 5

No support

Answer 5

However when Thomas Blass (1999) had summarised all of Millgrams 9 experiments’ findings, there was no significant difference between the genders