OBEDIENCE - SOCIAL PSYCH FACTORS Flashcards
there is _____ ______ for legitimacy of authority
research support
who conducted research support for legitimacy of authority?
blass and schmidt
what did blass and schmidt do?
showed psych student milgram’s experiemnt
what did the students in blass and schmidt say?
blamed the shocking on the experimenter not the ppts
blass and schmidt’s research shows…
loa, experimenter has higher social hierarchy than ppts
why has the agentic state got limited explanation?
because it doesn’t explain why some humans didn’t obey
how can limited explanation of agentic state be seen in hofing et al’s research?
because nurses didn’t go through same anxiety as milgram’s ppts
what does the limited explanation of agentic state decrease?
the reliability of the explanation as it only applies to certain situations of obedience
milgram’s research is a useful account of….
cultural differences in obedience
who replicated milgram’s experiment in australia?
kilham and mann
what did kilham and mann find?
only 16% went max voltage, in comp to 65%
who replicated milgram’s experiment in germany?
mantell
what did mantell find?
85% conformity
what do these replications show?
authority is more likely to be accepted dependant on what culture you are in
what do replications of milgram’s experiment increase?
the ecological validity of the explanation as there are supportive findings from cross-cultural research
