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What is obedience

Obedience is the obey of orders or instructions given by a legitimate authority that can be real or imagined

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What was the results of the run down offic block experiment and what was the aim of this experiment

The aim of this experiment was to identify whether the legitimacy of the location of whether the experiment was held affects the results of levels of obedience - 47.5% of particpantes reached the maximum voltage of 450V

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What was the aim of the ordinary man giving orders and what did the rest or levels of obedience indicate

Aim was to identify whether the legitimate authority could affect the level of obedience as demonstrated in mils agency thoert which demonstrates that people tend to obey those who they percieve to be legitimate -20.5V reached 450V

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What was the aim of the telephone instruction variation

Aim was to see whether the proximity of the legitimate authority as the teacher was a factor that could affect the levels of obedience and found that larger proximity caused a decrease in levels of obedience -22.5% reached 450V

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Explain situational factor - status of authority and give example

Perhaps the levels of obe were higher since it was conducted in Yale which is Percieved to be legitimate and there4 perhaps the particpants were obliged to carry one with the experiment since the felt pressured into obeys to the experimenter who they

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Explain how authoritarian personality is a dispositional factor ?

Those that have authoritarian personality would be more likely to obey due to the harsh upbringing and stricter parenting and therefore increase in obedience - hostility increase however due to fear they would not be able to resolve their problems

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