Dispositional factor criticisms

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Dispositional explanations focus to much on the individual, making generalisations difficult
With issues like disobedience and anti social behaviour, we need toidentify situations where we can predict anti social behaviourand create interventions that address this and encourage pro social behaviour instead.
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Dispositional explanations of conformity and obedience are reductionist
they ignore evidence that we are also influenced by those around. It does not give us a complete picture of why we conform and obey.
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Kohlbergs research is not generalisable
it is biased to western cultures this means it may not give a valid idea of other cultures' morality.
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Locus of control may not be a valid explanation for crowd behaviour as it can depend on the situation
This makes people harder to predict and may not offer useful information on how people act in crowds
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authoritarian personality does not explain why those without a harsh upbringing are obedient
it is limited in that it only explains one aspect of why people obey it is not generalisable
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Kohlberg's research is gender biased
Kohlberg only used a male sample. Gilligan found females enerally score lower on the f-scale which suggests female sview morality differently. Males are more focused on justice and females are more focused oncaring. It is not generalisable to females
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they ignore evidence that we are also influenced by those around. It does not give us a complete picture of why we conform and obey.

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Dispositional explanations of conformity and obedience are reductionist

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it is biased to western cultures this means it may not give a valid idea of other cultures' morality.

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This makes people harder to predict and may not offer useful information on how people act in crowds

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it is limited in that it only explains one aspect of why people obey it is not generalisable

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