obedience

Question 1

what is obedience

Answer 1

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

Question 2

what are some factors that differ obedience from conformity

Answer 2

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)

Question 3

what is the study for obedience

Answer 3

milgram

Question 4

what was milgrams aim

Answer 4

Milgrams aim was to test obedience in American people

Question 5

what is the ‘germans are evil’ hypothesis

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

What are some weaknesses of Milgram

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Strengths of Milgram

Answer 7

had good external validity- Hofling
has good replicability

Question 8

what study was used as a counter to internal validity

Answer 8

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

Question 9

what was the counter for external validity

Answer 9

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

Question 10

what were the findings of Milgram

Answer 10

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

Question 11

what factors allowed good control

Answer 11

rigged draw, recorded screams, one confederate