Social Individual Differences And Factors Flashcards
What are the factors that affect obedience
Situational
Cultural
Personality
Gender
What are the obedience factors for situational and explain them
Proximity
Proximity: presence of authority figure is strongest when they are physically present more likely to cause obedience
What are all the cultural factors that effect obedience
Collectivism
Individualism
Power distance
Collectivism vs individualism for obedience
Collectivism
Focuses in importance of community and values cooperation
Individualism
Focuses in Individual succes and rights of each person resistance to compliance
Power distance for obedience
Power distance
High Power distance
Low Power distance
Measure of how accepting ppl are to inequality and hierarchy
Subordinates are more likely to accept authority figure = more obedient
Subordinate more likely to question authority = less obedient
All Personality factors on obedience
Authoritarian personality
Locus of control
Authoritarian personality ( obedience)
If you grow up in more strict house holds you are more likely to be obedient to authority figures
Locus of control
High locus of control > believe that they are in control more responsibility for their action
Low locus of control > no control over the world blame others from their actions less responsibility
Situation factors for prejudice
Social norms - unwritten laws that are desirable and normal within society
Follow norms = increase self esteem
Don’t follow norms = rejections outcast
Gender ( obedience)
Giligan suggested women are more concerned with care for other so they are less obedient to harm other but man are more concerned with justice so they ar3 more obedient
Culture ( prejudice)
Collectivist culture emphasises on cohesion and cooperation you may be less discriminatory
Individualist Cultures that emphasise on individual success put you in a competitive mindset that increase prejudice
Personality ( prejudice)
Authoritarian personality
Ppl brought up in strict households are more likely to be prejudice against those who are socially inferior
Right wing Authoritarianism
Suggest that people are more prejudice to others that defies norms in order to uphold them
All factors that effect prejudice
Personality
Culture
Situation
In application questions when they ask identity to situations that could lead to obedience what two points must we use
Strength and immediacy
