Obedience Flashcards
How many participants did milgram have in his experiment
40 American Men
How many teachers shocked up to 300 Volts
100%
How many teachers shocked up to 450 volts
65%
What signs of tension did teachers display
Sweating
Biting their lips
Groaning
Trembling
Stuttering
How did obedience change when he went from Yale to a derelict building (location)
65% > 47.5%
How did obedience change when teachers could see the learner in the same room (proximity)
65% > 40%
How did obedience change when teachers had to force the learners hand to shock themselves (proximity extreme)
65% > 30%
How did obedience change when researcher was replaced by an ordinary member of the public? (Uniform)
65% > 20% (greatest drop in all variations)
What is an Agentic state (Milgram)
Acting in the will of an authority (higher in the social hierarchy) to please them
What is an autonomous state
Acting in your own will, without external input
What is Agentic shift
Changing your behaviour from autonomous to agentic
What is legitimacy of authority
Power that is held by certain people higher in the social hierarchy that is generally agreed on by greater society
What is the authoritarian personality (Adorno)
People with an AP will show extreme respect towards authority and think that society is weak. For these reasons they find it very important to follow authority.
What is the F scale
A series of questions that are arranged to determine someone’s leniency towards fascist ideals.
Why do people with APs show contempt for those they consider inferior
They are uncomfortable with uncertainty and so displace their fears of punishment onto the “others”
