Obedience

Question 1

What was bickmans study?

Answer 1

The power of Uniform
Actor dressed as vv asked people to "pick up litter" eg 
Security guard - 38% obedience 
Civilian - 19% obedience 
Milkman - 14% obedience

Question 2

Describe Hofflings study

Answer 2

22 nurses told over phone to administer high dose of unknown drug to patients by Unknown drug
21/22 obeyed

Question 3

what is legitimacy of authority?

Answer 3

An explanation of Obedience that it only occurs when the person giving orders is a legitimate authority figure

Question 4

What study investigated legitimacy of authority

Answer 4

Milgram variation
Bridge port
Obedience dropped from 68% to 47%

Question 5

What is the agentic shift

Answer 5

an explanation of obedience when you move from working autonomously ( in charge of your actions) and shift to working in the agentic state (blame someone else for your actions)

Question 6

What study investigated the agentic shift

Answer 6

Milgram variation
Gave orders down a phone
68% to 20%
As they saw them selves as more responsible

Question 7

What is proximity? What study investigated it

Answer 7

Situational variable affecting obedience
How close you are to a victim of your obedience
Milgram variation where they held the learners hand on a plate - 68% to 30%

Question 8

What is location? What study investigated it

Answer 8

Situational variable affecting obedience

Milgram variation in Bridgeport - 68% to 47%

Question 9

What is uniform? What study investigated it

Answer 9

Situational variable affecting obedience

Bickman

Question 10

What is authoritarian personality? What study investigated it

Answer 10

A dispositional factor effecting obedience meaning they are more likely to obey
Milgram and elms variation repeated original with an f scale before. More authoritarian more obedience