obedience Flashcards

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what is obedience

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obedience is the changing of behaviours due to a direct order given by an authority figure with the ability to punish if disobeyed.

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what are some factors that differ obedience from conformity

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obedience usually comes from a direct order given by one specific person
- obedience allows someone to put the blame on someone else and they don’t take responsibility
- obedience usually occurs because of a person in a higher status ( more authority)

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what is the study for obedience

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milgram

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what was milgrams aim

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Milgrams aim was to test obedience in American people

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what is the ‘germans are evil’ hypothesis

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This is a dispositional explanation for the actions committed by the nazis in the holocaust. This theory suggests that German people have a personality deficit where they obey any orders from a higher authority.

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What are some weaknesses of Milgram

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Milgram lacked internal validity- Orne and Holland + Perry
Milgram had bad ethics

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Strengths of Milgram

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had good external validity- Hofling
has good replicability

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what study was used as a counter to internal validity

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Sheridan and King
similar study to milgram, had similar results= proves milgrams internal val

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what was the counter for external validity

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the tasks in milgram were small and meaningless and didn’t reflect real- life situations

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what were the findings of Milgram

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100% went to 300 volts
65% went to 450 volts
at 180 volts learner begged to be released
at 300 volts there was silence

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what factors allowed good control

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rigged draw, recorded screams, one confederate

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