Locus Of Control

Question 1

What type of factor is LOC

Answer 1

Dispositional

Question 2

What is internal

Answer 2

Control over life
Responsible
Less likely to conform to social pressures

Question 3

What is external

Answer 3

Luck and fate
More likely to conform to social pressure
No control In life

Question 4

Supporting evidence from obedience

Answer 4

Internal -resist pressure to obey
External-less likely to resist
Oliner and oliner - ww2 non Jewish survivors
Rescuers resisted orders more likely to have internal

Question 5

Supporting evidence conformity

Answer 5

External-more likely to conform
Internal- less likely to conform
Spector used r scale
Only happened for NSI
No difference for between groups for ISI

Question 6

Alternative explanation

Answer 6

Other factors such as social responsibility
Elms and milgram investigated disobedience follow up interviews
Other factors need to be considered

Question 7

Methodological criticism

Answer 7

Typically assessed Rotter scale
Self report study
Social desirability scale
Responders feel the need to say the right thing