Obedience

Question 1

Obedience

Answer 1

Following orders from a level of authority

Question 2

Defiance

Answer 2

Resisting orders

Question 3

Denial of responsibility

Answer 3

Blaming actions on a higher authority, taking away personal responsibility promotes obedience

Question 4

(O core theory)
Theory of situational factors
(4)

Answer 4

The effect of setting- people act obediently bc of where they are (eg church)
The effect of culture- collectivist cultures are more obedient than individualist
The effect of authority- power to punish
The impact of consensus- strength to conform or resist in numbers

Question 5

Theory of situational factors evaluation

Answer 5

• a lot of the research lacks ecological validity due to demand characteristics
• a lot of the research has ethical problems because by manipulating factors can cause distress or deception
• not enough weight on personality, our behaviour as a reflex ignores feelings and conscience

Question 6

(O alternative theory)

Dispositional factors

Answer 6

The way we behave and how obedient we are is down to our personality

Question 7

Authoritarian personality

4

Answer 7

Prone to obedience
Conventional ideas of right and wrong
Willing to be bossed
Dislikes lower classes

Question 8

(O core study)
Bickman (1974)
(3)

Answer 8

Field experiment, opportunity sample of 153 people in NY
Costumes of civilian, police officer and milkman
Litter picking, coin for parking meter and bus stop

Question 9

Bickman (1974) evaluation

Answer 9

• lack of control over extraneous variables
• opportunity sample so they are unaware of personality or situation
• gender bias of confederate

Question 10

(O AoR)

Keeping order in prisons

Answer 10

Solitary confinement- lack of consensus so less likely to defy