factirs affecting obedience

Question 1

legitimacy

Answer 1

a person needs to trust the experiment through location and uniform

Question 2

proximity

Answer 2

40% obedience when teacher and learner in same room

Question 3

authoritarian personality

Answer 3

high levels of obedience due to harsh upbringing

Question 4

locus of control

Answer 4

internal = have responsibility for own actions
external = other persons responsibility so more obedient

Question 5

gender

Answer 5

socialisation and norms suggest a difference but no real difference

Question 6

supporting evidence for gender

Answer 6

sheridan and king found 54% males and 100% of females gave electric shocks to puppies

Question 7

critical evidence for gender

Answer 7

burger found males were 66.7% obedient and women were 72.7% so very little difference

Question 8

individualistic culture

Answer 8

less obedience as see self as best

Question 9

collectivist culture

Answer 9

more obedient as emphasise whole group

Question 10

what is power distance index

Answer 10

whether a group accepts a hierarchy within society
high pdi = more obedient as understand status