obedience: dispositional explaination Flashcards

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Why did Adorno conduct his research in the first place?

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He wanted to know why Nazi soldiers behaved the way they did during WW2

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What did he believe about high obedience levels?

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Caused by a certain personality type- Authoritarian Personality

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How did he conduct his research on AP?

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He used 2000 middle class white Americans using an F-scale

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What was Adorno’s results?

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People with AP were conscious of own and others status and showed excessive respect and servility to others in higher status.

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What did Adorno conclude?

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People with authoritarian personalities are highly likely to be predjuce towards others and are more susceptible to obeying authority figures

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How did the authoritarian personality form?

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  • in childhood
  • due to harsh parenting, strict discipline, high standards, expectation of loyalty.
  • child wont express this to parents for fear of punishment so displace onto others seen as weaker
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Summary of the AP

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  • certain people with specific personality types are more likely to be obedient
  • obedience caused by internal characteristics (disposition)
  • AP determined by upbringing
  • measured on f-scale
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what supporting research is there?

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  • Milgram interviewed his participants who went to 450volts and they took f-scale and scored higher than those who didn’t obey.
  • Higher shocks= AP
  • High validity
  • Counter- participants didn’t show characteristics of AP- didn’t glorify parents or have punishment
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how is the sample bias?

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  • Sample of white American males -> unrepresentative
  • Can’t apply to other cultures/ genders
  • Sample unrepresentative= lacks validity
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can we apply this to today?

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no!
- outdated questions
- doesn’t rep modern day,
- questions on f-scale included homosexuality as criminal so ppl less likely to have AP as questions differ from views today,
- cannot apply/generalise.

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