Situational variables A03

Question 1

Name the two evaluation points

Answer 1

• research support
• There is not evidence that gender differences may have been over estimated

Question 2

What evidence provides research support

Answer 2

Bickman (1974)

Question 3

What evidence supports the idea of gender differences being overestimated

Answer 3

Blass (1999)

Question 4

What did Bickman (1974) suggest

Answer 4

looked at the effect of uniform on obedience.
asked confederate to dress as either a milkman, in a suite and tie or as a security guard to ask passers by to pick up litter

Question 5

What did Bickman (1974) find

Answer 5

That people were twice as likely to obey the security guard than the suited confederate

Question 6

What did Blass (1999) find

Answer 6

He found no difference in obedience rates between men and women even with his meta analysis