Obedience Flashcards
Obedience
Complying with the demands of a authority figure
Milgram Paradigm
Experimental procedure devised by Stanley kilogram for measuring obedience rates
Androcentrism
A bias in research in which a male perspective is over emphasised at the expense of a female one
Autonomous state
Individuals are seen as responsible for heir actions
Agentic state
Where individuals believe they aren’t responsible for their actions they hand the responsibility over to the authoritative figure or whoever gave the order
Legitimacy of authority
Degree to which individuals are seen as justified in holding power over others
Dispositional explanation
Perception of behaviour as caused by internal characteristics of individuals
Authoritarian personality
Description of a person who holds rigid beliefs and is intolerant of ambiguity, hostile to those of a lower status or members of an “out” group
Social support
Perception of assistance and solidarity available from others
Resistance to social influence
Ways in which individuals attempt to withstand perceived attempts to threaten freedom of choice
Locus of control
The extent to which individuals believe that they can control events in their lives
Name some situational variables of obedience
Proximity
Location
Uniforms
when was milligram study
1963
aim of milgram
whether people would obey to a unjust task set by an authoritative figure
procedure of milgram
participants told it was astudy on learning and memory
fixed so participant was always the teacher
learner was confederate
learner taught word pairs over intercom, if said wrong teacher administered a shock
