factors affecting obedience

Question 1

what affects obedience

Answer 1

individual differences: authoritarian personality and locus of control

Question 2

where does the authoritarian personality come from

Answer 2

growing up with a strict male figure

Question 3

what is the communist ideology

Answer 3

everyone is equal, no poverty and no wealth
everyone is the same class
collective ownership
state owns everything

Question 4

what is facism

Answer 4

dictatorship
no individualism
no democracy
state controls media representation

Question 5

what is Adornos F scale

Answer 5

personality was best explanation of obedience
someone with authoritarian personality is more likely to be obedient
individuals will have the following characteristics;
- conscious of status
- submissive towards authority figures
- rigid belief in conventional values
- intolerance of ambiguity
- ethnocentrism
- preoccupied with power

Question 6

what did Adorno believe about the correlation between Germany and parenting

Answer 6

strict parenting was rife during Germany at the start of 20th century so they had an authoritarian personality
he believed a more permissive parenting style may result in people who show resistance to orders

Question 7

define external locus of control

Answer 7

believing that consequences are outside of their control

Question 8

define internal locus of control

Answer 8

believing that consequences are in their control

Question 9

what did Gupta find

Answer 9

females to be less obedient than males

Question 10

what did Sheridan and King find

Answer 10

conducted milgrams study with dog as a learner
puppy was visible to subjects and real shocks were given to them
100% of female subjects were obedient
54% of males were obedient