Obedience DEs: Adorno - Evaluation Flashcards
1
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Research Support
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Some of Milgram’s obedient PPS had authoritarian personalities.
2
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Limited Explanation
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Can’t explain increase in obedience across a whole culture.
Better explanation is Social Identity Theory.
3
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Political Bias
A
Equates authoritarian personality with right-wing ideology and ignores extreme left-wing authoritarianism.
4
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Extra
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Methodological Issues: Acquiescence Bias
Correlation, not causation.
