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2022-2024 Year 12 A-Level Psychology > Social Influence: Dispositional Explanation of Obedience > Flashcards

Social Influence: Dispositional Explanation of Obedience Flashcards

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1
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What type of explanation is the dispositional explanation?

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Internal

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Why is the dispositional explanation considered an internal explanation?

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It focuses on personality characteristics

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What type of personality is the dispositional explanation?

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Authoritarian Personality

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The authoritarian personality focuses on what type of factors?

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Internal factors

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HOW does the authoritarian personality develop?

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Strict parenting in childhood

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What are some examples of strict parenting?

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

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

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Extreme respect for authority and submission to them

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How does someone with an authoritarian personality view an authority figure

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As superior

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

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As inferior

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

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Direct anger towards them

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Who does someone with an authoritarian personality view as superior?

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Authority figures

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Who does someone with an authoritarian personality view as inferior?

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Those of lower status

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

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They are more likely to obey

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How is the authoritarian personality assessed?

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Using the F-Scale

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What research method does the F-Scale use?

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Questionnaire

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

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Adorno

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Who was Adorno’s sample?

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2000+ Americans

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The authoritarian personality is a collection of __________________

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Personality traits

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The authoritarian personality are associated with …

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Higher levels of obedience

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

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Milgram & Elms

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AO3: What did Milgram & Elms do?

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

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AO3: What did Milgram & Elms find?

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

23
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AO3: In Milgram’s experiment who was considered obedient?

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Those who went to 450v

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

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Those who stopped at 300v

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

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

26
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AO3: How could we criticise the F-Scale for being a questionnaire?

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Social desirability

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What is meant by social desirability?

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

28
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AO3: What type of validity does social desirability affect?

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Internal validity

29
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What is meant by internal validity?

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Is the researcher measuring what they intend to measure

30
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AO3: HOW may the participants have changed their responses on the F-Scale due to social desirability

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To make themselves seem more obedient

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What is an alternative explanation to the dispositional explanation?

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The situational explanation

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

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Weaken

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The authoritarian personality is what type of explanation for obedience?

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Dispositional

34
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Having an authoritarian personality means that you are less likely to obey.

True or False

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False - you are more likely to obey

35
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What is the questionnaire called which measures the authoritarian personality?

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F-Scale

2022-2024 Year 12 A-Level Psychology (46 decks)

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