Social Approach
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- Social Approach
- Obedience
- Agency Theory
- A person is obedient when believe that the authority will take responsibility for the consequences of their actions
- Social Impact Theory
- Obedience increases with the proximity and power of the authority
- Milgram
- 1963
- 40 men, 20-50 yrs
- 65% of participants gave shocks up to 450V
- People will follow orders from an authority, event to the extent of killing a human being
- 65% of participants gave shocks up to 450V
- 40 men, 20-50 yrs
- Ex 10: Location
- Took place in a run-down office building
- 47% reached 450V
- location does not greatly impact the obedience of a person
- 47% reached 450V
- Took place in a run-down office building
- Ex 7: Proximity
- Instructions given on a telephone
- Obedience dropped 20% + ptts pretended to deliver a shock = proximity important
- Instructions given on a telephone
- Ex 13: Authority
- Instructions to increase voltage given by another pttp confederate
- only 20% went to 450V = authority important
- Instructions to increase voltage given by another pttp confederate
- 1963
- Factors affecting obedience
- Personality, Gender, Situation, Culture
- Developmental
- Culture
- Australia average obedience of 28%
- Western cultures value individualism, therefore other cultures might be more obedient
- Culture
- Agency Theory
- Prejudice
- Social Identity Theory
- 1) Social Categorisatin 2) Social identification 3) Social Comparison
- Realistic Conflict Theory
- Prejudice arises when there is competition for resources between groups
- Individual Differences
- Authoritarian personalities respect authority figures + delight in being an authority figure
- Social Identity Theory
- Studies
- Burger (2009)
- to see if obedience in US has changed
- 70 ptts + screening process
- Model Refusal = a 2nd confederate questions the task at 90V + refuses to continue
- Results
- 70% went over 150V
- Empathy did not make any difference
- to see if obedience in US has changed
- Sherif
- To test the realistic conflict theory
- 22 boys 12yrs
- 1) in-group formation 2) friction phase 3) the integration
- Results
- Competition le to immediate hostility
- Burned flags, raided huts + shouted insults
- Prejudice can be reduced through cooperative tasks
- Hostility observed at the thought of another group
- Competition le to immediate hostility
- To test the realistic conflict theory
- Burger (2009)
- Key Q: Mugabe
- Agency Theory
- Social Impact Theory : authority
- Charismatic Leader: stood up to imperial west
- Obedience
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