Explanations Of Obedience To Authority

Question 1

What are the three AO3 PEELS to evaluate explanations of obedience to authority?

Answer 1

RTS by milgrams obedience studies
RTS by hofling - nurses
Alt exp - dispositional factors

Question 2

P
(RTS - milgrams obedience studies)

Answer 2

RTS agentic state as an exp of obedience to authority was shown in milgrams obedience studies

Question 3

E

Answer 3

This is bc most of milgrams ppts resisted giving the shocks at some point and asked the experimenter questions such as ‘who is responsible if the learner is harmed?’

Question 4

E

Answer 4

When the experimenter responded ‘I am responsible’, ppt continued to obey and give electric shocks

Question 5

L

Answer 5

Therefore this supports the agentic state as an exp for obedience as once ppts no longer believed they were responsible for their actions they obeyed the experimenter

Question 6

P
(RTS - hofling - nurses)

Answer 6

RTS the explanations for obedience to authority was conducted by Hofling

Question 7

E

Answer 7

He conducted a study using nurses in a hospital who were ordered by an unknown doctor otp to give a dangerous dose of a drug to patients

Question 8

E

Answer 8

It was found 21 out of 22 of the nurses agreed to give med even though they knew not to take orders over the phone

Question 9

L

Answer 9

Therefore supporting LOA as an exp for obedience bc the doctor has more authority than the nurses and the nurses may have also felt the docs were responsible as the authority figure so this is why they obeyed

Question 10

P
(Alt exp)

Answer 10

An alt exp for obedience is dispositional factors which is the authoritarian personality

Question 11

E

Answer 11

This would argue obedience is due to int characteristics of indv e.g. personality by having extreme respect for authority due to strict parenting

Question 12

L

Answer 12

Therefore suggests obedience may not just be due to LOA and agentic state, weakening exp of obedience as they are not sole exps