Factors Affecting Obedience - Individual Differences

Question 1

Name the factors affecting obedience individual differences

Answer 1

Personality factorsGender

Question 2

The personality factors

Answer 2

The authoritarian personality - Adorno et al 1950Internal and external locus of control - Rotter 1966

Question 3

The authoritarian personality

Answer 3

Harsh parenting causes children to develop authoritarian personality traitsOnly given conditional loveCommon parenting style in Germany in 20th centuryScore low on F-scale

Question 4

Internal and external locus of control

Answer 4

Internal LOC = take responsibilityExternal LOC = chanceInternals -> more defiant

Question 5

Factors affecting obedience gender

Answer 5

Women more obedient than menMen more obedient than womenMoral reasoning

Question 6

Women more obedient than men study done by who

Answer 6

Sheridan and King (1972)

Question 7

Women more obedient than men what they did

Answer 7

Participants given orders to give real electric shocks to puppy

Question 8

Women more obedient than men findings

Answer 8

100% female obedient54% men

Question 9

Men more obedient than women done by who

Answer 9

Killham and Mann (1974)

Question 10

Men more obedient than women procedure

Answer 10

Replicated Milgram’s study in Australia

Question 11

Men more obedient than women findings

Answer 11

40% males16% females obedient

Question 12

Moral reasoning done by who

Answer 12

Gilligan (1982)

Question 13

Moral reasoning two factors

Answer 13

Ethic of justice Ethic of care

Question 14

Findings of moral reasoning

Answer 14

Ethic of justice - more common in males, value equalityEthic of care - more common in women, emphasises relationships, supporting those in need

Question 15

Moral reasoning conclusion

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Males more obedient due to feelings of obligation to authority figureFemales less obedient due to desire to support person being harmed

Question 16

Strength of authoritarian personality

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Elms and Milgram (1966)Used F-scale20 fully and non-fully obedientObedient scored higherObedience related to authoritarian personality

Question 17

CA of authoritarian personality

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Other factors may be involved, not a direct relationship

Question 18

Weakness of LOC

Answer 18

Schurz 1985Blast student with painful ultrasoundNo significant difference to those with external or internal LOC

Question 19

Application of personality factors

Answer 19

Companies follow strict procedures To employ obedient peopleHR can use LOC scale

Question 20

Strength of Gilligan

Answer 20

Gilligan and Attanucci found males and females both use ethic in real-life dilemmasMen overall favour justice, women careShowing there are gender differences

Question 21

Weakness of gender differences

Answer 21

Blass 19999 milgram-style studies found no significant difference of gender in 8 of the studiesSuggests gender does not affect obedience