obedience: dipositional explanation ao1

Question 1

Name the dispositional explanation of obedience

Answer 1

The authoritirian personality

Question 2

How did the authoritarian personality come about

Answer 2

Adorno and colleagues wanted to understand anti semitism during the holocaust

Question 3

Who did study on authoritarian personality and when

Answer 3

Adorno et al 1950

Question 4

Adorno et al 1950 study sample size

Answer 4

2000 middle class white American

Question 5

Adorno et al 1950 procedure

Answer 5

Looked at ppts and their unconscious attitudes towards other racial groups
Developed F scale (Fascism scale) used to measure authoritarian personality.

Question 6

Give 2 examples of f scale

Answer 6

• Obedience and respect for authority are there most important virtues children should learn
• there is hardly anything lower than a person who does not feel a great love, gratitude and respect for his parents

Question 7

Findings of Adorno et al 1950

Answer 7

• People with authoritarian leanings (scored highly on the f scale) identified with strong people
• they showed excessive respect to those of higher status
• they found authoritiran people had a cognitive style. They had no fu