explanations for obedience

Question 1

4 explanations

Answer 1

situational variables
agent state
legitimacy of authority
authorisation personality

Question 2

milgrams three situational variables

Answer 2

location
proximity
uniform]

Question 3

location

Answer 3

from Yale uni to run down office

only 48% went to 450V

Question 4

proximity

Answer 4

teacher in same room as learner
40% went to 450V

teacher presses learners hand down
30% went to 450V

experimenter gave instructions over the phone
20.5% went to 450V

Question 5

uniform

Answer 5

experimenter went from white lab coat to member of public

20% went to 450V

Question 6

agentic state

Answer 6

mental state where feel no responsibility for actions
obey authority figure (act as an agent)
opposite to autonomous state (shift between them is agentic shift)
milgram said people stay in agentic state because of binding factors

Question 7

legitimacy of authority

Answer 7

socialised to recognise social hierarchy
obedient to those in power to maintain stability
the experimenter in milligrams study had authority

Question 8

where authoritarian personality comes from

Answer 8

within the person
what happened in first five years of life in unconscious mind has life long impacts
if child experiences harsh parenting they build up resentment that has to be released elsewhere

Question 9

what authoritarian personality is

Answer 9

aware of social hierarchy
obedient of authority figure
expect those below to obey

Question 10

research for authoritarian personality

Answer 10

adorno
questionnaire for over 2000 white American MC
attitudes towards racial groups
developed f scale (measure of authoritarian personality)
those with high f scale are more occupied with social hierarchy