Social Influence: Dispositional Explanation of Obedience

Question 1

What type of explanation is the dispositional explanation?

Answer 1

Internal

Question 2

Why is the dispositional explanation considered an internal explanation?

Answer 2

It focuses on personality characteristics

Question 3

What type of personality is the dispositional explanation?

Answer 3

Authoritarian Personality

Question 4

The authoritarian personality focuses on what type of factors?

Answer 4

Internal factors

Question 5

HOW does the authoritarian personality develop?

Answer 5

Strict parenting in childhood

Question 6

What are some examples of strict parenting?

Answer 6

Impossibly high standards, severe criticisms of failings, expectations of loyalty

Question 7

WHAT does an authoritarian personality look like? (What is it?)

Answer 7

Extreme respect for authority and submission to them

Question 8

How does someone with an authoritarian personality view an authority figure

Answer 8

As superior

Question 9

How does someone with an authoritarian personality view someone of lower status?

Answer 9

As inferior

Question 10

How does someone with an authoritarian personality treat someone of lower status?

Answer 10

Direct anger towards them

Question 11

Who does someone with an authoritarian personality view as superior?

Answer 11

Authority figures

Question 12

Who does someone with an authoritarian personality view as inferior?

Answer 12

Those of lower status

Question 13

If someone has an authoritarian personality, how does this affect their obedience?

Answer 13

They are more likely to obey

Question 14

How is the authoritarian personality assessed?

Answer 14

Using the F-Scale

Question 15

What research method does the F-Scale use?

Answer 15

Questionnaire

Question 16

Who used the F-Scale to investigate the authoritarian personality?

Answer 16

Adorno

Question 17

Who was Adorno’s sample?

Answer 17

2000+ Americans

Question 18

The authoritarian personality is a collection of __________________

Answer 18

Personality traits

Question 19

The authoritarian personality are associated with …

Answer 19

Higher levels of obedience

Question 20

AO3: Research to support the authoritarian personality was conducted by…

Answer 20

Milgram & Elms

Question 21

AO3: What did Milgram & Elms do?

Answer 21

Assessed Milgram’s participants for the authoritarian personality using the F-Scale

Question 22

AO3: What did Milgram & Elms find?

Answer 22

Found higher levels of authoritarianism amongst those who were obedient than those who were disobedient

Question 23

AO3: In Milgram’s experiment who was considered obedient?

Answer 23

Those who went to 450v

Question 24

AO3: In Milgram’s experiment who was considered defiant?

Answer 24

Those who stopped at 300v

Question 25

AO3: Why does Milgram & Elms support the authoritarian personality?

Answer 25

Because those who scored higher on the F-Scale were more likely to obey

Question 26

AO3: How could we criticise the F-Scale for being a questionnaire?

Answer 26

Social desirability

Question 27

What is meant by social desirability?

Answer 27

Changing your response / behaviour to be seen in a better light

Question 28

AO3: What type of validity does social desirability affect?

Answer 28

Internal validity

Question 29

What is meant by internal validity?

Answer 29

Is the researcher measuring what they intend to measure

Question 30

AO3: HOW may the participants have changed their responses on the F-Scale due to social desirability

Answer 30

To make themselves seem more obedient

Question 31

What is an alternative explanation to the dispositional explanation?

Answer 31

The situational explanation

Question 32

AO3: Does having an alternative explanation strengthen or weaken the dispositional explanation of obedience?

Answer 32

Weaken

Question 33

The authoritarian personality is what type of explanation for obedience?

Answer 33

Dispositional

Question 34

Having an authoritarian personality means that you are less likely to obey. True or False

Answer 34

False - you are more likely to obey

Question 35

What is the questionnaire called which measures the authoritarian personality?

Answer 35

F-Scale