The explanation that suggests that the obedient person does not feel accountable for their actions.
Agentic
1 of 18
Characteristic of an authority figure making you more likely to become an agent of them
Legitimate
2 of 18
_______ factors make you more likely to be obedient e.g. social etiquette - not wanting to appear rude
Binding
3 of 18
They showed students Milgram study and were asked to identify who was responsible for the harm caused to the learner
Blass and Schmitt
4 of 18
Milgram variation showing obedience dropping from 65% to 20.5%
Telephone
5 of 18
Situational variable affecting obedience - how close you are to the authority figure
Proximity
6 of 18
Situational variable affecting obedience - where the authority figure is situated
Location
7 of 18
Situational variable affecting obedience - what the authority figure is wearing
Uniform
8 of 18
The more _______ there are between the authority figure and the subordinate, the lower the obedience rates will be.
Buffers
9 of 18
________ member of the public (65% to 20%)
ordinary
10 of 18
Bickman found the highest obedience rates of 38% when investigating uniform in which figure?
Guard
11 of 18
Bushman found the highest obedience rates of 72% when investigating uniform in which figure?
Police
12 of 18
The dispositional explanation of obedience
Authoritarian personality
13 of 18
Who proposed the authoritarian personality?
Adorno
14 of 18
How do you measure levels of authoritarian personality?
Fscale
15 of 18
Milgram and Elms (1966) SUPPORT - higher levels of authoritarianism among participants who were classified as ________, compared to disobedient in Milgram's study.
obedient
16 of 18
Altemeyer (1988) SUPPORT - positive correlation between right wing authoritarianism scores and the amount of _____ a participant was willing to give themselves
shock
17 of 18
Middendorp and Meleon (1990) WEAKNESS - found that ____-educated people are more likely to display authoritarian personality characteristics than well-educated people.
less
18 of 18
Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Characteristic of an authority figure making you more likely to become an agent of them
Back
Legitimate
Card 3
Front
_______ factors make you more likely to be obedient e.g. social etiquette - not wanting to appear rude
Back
Card 4
Front
They showed students Milgram study and were asked to identify who was responsible for the harm caused to the learner
Back
Card 5
Front
Milgram variation showing obedience dropping from 65% to 20.5%
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