Personality And Gender Affecting Obedience

Question 1

Personality

Answer 1

Disposition= person’s inherent quality of mind
Personality= indv characteristic, coherent and relatively stable set of behaviour

Question 2

Authoritarian

Answer 2

Adorno = Some ppl are more Ob based on disposition
Fscale test= measure ap to demonstrate some are more Ob
DVP by parents who threaten child into obedience so children suffer emo by suppression of feelings
So developed distaste for those who don’t fit so harsh and oppressive to those inferior in social hierarchy

Question 3

Strength of personality and authorities

Answer 3

I elms and milgram 1966
J comp 20 Ob ppt to 20 disob and Ob has sig high ap scores on f scale comp to disob ppt
E Ob lev linked to personality factors

Question 4

Locus of control

Answer 4

Internal=believe personal control eg didn’t revise for test blame themselves and work harder to ace
External= no control over world, ext factors lead to behaviour so less responsibility and blame others for action eg unlucky

Question 5

Locus strength

Answer 5

I oliner and oliner
J interviewed Jewish survivors who resisted orders and protected Jews eg 406= resisted orders, likely to have high int locus of control in comp to 126 who simply followed orders
E some personality traits had impact on Ob lev

Question 6

Locus weakness

Answer 6

I schurz painful dose of ultrasound to fem student
J ppt fully on didn’t sig differ from resisted ppt in terms of loc
E personality traits little imp on ob

Question 7

Moral reasoning giligan

Answer 7

Men, Ethics of justice= fairness and justice to avoid bias
Female,Ethics of care= value of intp relation, nurture and support those in need

Question 8

Destructive ob

Answer 8

Men= more Ob due to obligation of authority
Women= less Ob due to desire of prev harm

Question 9

S moral reasoning

Answer 9

I giligan and attaynuci on moral dilemas
J main preoccupied on fairness whereas women concerned care
E diff in concern, women less Ob in tasks required to harm

Question 10

W moral reasoning

Answer 10

I burger
J no sig diff in Ob levels betw men and women
E gender may not be influential in determining Ob levels