obedience

Question 1

milgrim

Answer 1

electric shock study , 65% did the highest shock

Question 2

evaluation of milgrim

Answer 2

• supporting research (replication)
• good external validity
• ethical concerns (deception)

Question 3

milgrim- situational variables

Answer 3

uniform, proximity, location

Question 4

explanations for obedience

Answer 4

1) agentic state (shift from autonomous)
2) legitimacy of authority (social hierarchy)

Question 5

authoritarian personality (dispositional)

Answer 5

• adorno
• ‘f’ scale

Question 6

evaluation of dispositional explanations

Answer 6

• research support
• limited explanation (not representative)
• political bias (‘f’ scale is biased)