Social Influence-dispositional Explanation Of Obedience Flashcards
Social influence dispositional explanation of obedience
Outline authoritarian personality
Especially obedient to authority.extreeme respect,submissive.contempt for ppl low in society.conventional attitudes towards sex,race,gender.belive in need for strong powerful leaders.to I force traditional values(love of country)inflexible in outlook.right or wrong.no grey areas.ppl brought up by strict parenting-harsh,physical punishments,impossibly high standards.measure using F-scale.Fasism
Social influence dispositional explanation of obedience
Supporting evidence from Elms and Milgrams
Elms,milgram interviews small sample ppl who in original stud who were fully obedient.did F scale.the 20 scored high, compare to other group of 20 disobedient participants.support Adorno et al.view that obedient ppl show similar characteristic to authoritians.
Social influence dispositional explanation of obedience
Supporting evidence counterpoint
However.when analysed individual subspaces.found obedient had unusual characteristics for authoritarians.-didn’t glorify farthers,hostile to mothers.less valid.
Overly simplistic explanation
Social influence dispositional explanation of obedience
Alternatie explanations
On looks at personality.ignores situation milgrams.claimed uniform proximity make more likely obey.
Limitation cus maybe situation have greater influence?
Not full explanation
Social influence dispositional explanation of obedience
Education
Can determine personality type.Middendorp et al 1990 less educated ppl consistently more authoritarian.milgram found low levs of education =more obedient.
Eduction greater influence?
No entirely valid.
Social influence dispositional explanation of obedience
Measured scale using F scale
Greenstein 1969 calls F scale comedy of methodological errors.
Faulty
Possible to get high score by selecting agree-anyone with agree bias-authoriarain.
Measure don’t generate valid results.flawed methodology lack valid
