Factors effecting obedience situation and culture

Question 1

what factors effect obedience in situation

Answer 1

Reducing the perceived legitimacy of the authoritarian figure can impact the rates of obedience
this can be proven by mailgrams study and the bib Latane study of the obedience in the zoo also prove proximity

behaviour of others
exposure to role models who are obedient can effect the rest of the peoples obedience rates
Milgram experiment 17.
two rebel peers and two teachers confederates who refused to carry on dropped the obedience to 10%

Question 2

factors that effect obedience culture

Answer 2

individualistic cultures - cultures that surround the individual personal autonomy tend to be less obedient due to their value of self-determination and independent

collectivist cultures would value loyalty to to the group and interdepended and cooperation to the wider pursuit of group goals

PDI - power distance index
how accepting people are of of hierarchal order and inequality in society

Question 3

evaluating the cultural dimensions and effect of obedience

Answer 3

With kilham and mann 1974 found strikingly low levels of obedience and similarly low scored os PDI in Australia proving the connection
Blass 2012 states that obedience is rather a universal social construct after finding the obedience rates in 8-non US countries to be all ranging a higher levels.