Factors Affecting Obedience and Dissent (Edexcel A-Level Psychology): Flashcards
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Milgram's baseline obedience rate (Experiments 1 & 5)
Milgram's baseline obedience rate (Experiments 1 & 5)
65%
Momentum of compliance definition
Momentum of compliance definition
Starting small requests, escalating gradually; harder to withdraw
Effect of authority figure proximity on obedience
Effect of authority figure proximity on obedience
Closer authority = higher obedience
What makes authority figure legitimate (Milgram)
What makes authority figure legitimate (Milgram)
Perceived as having genuine and justifiable power/status
Obedience rate when participants signed responsibility contract
Obedience rate when participants signed responsibility contract
40% (down from 65% baseline)
Internal locus of control characteristics
Internal locus of control characteristics
Believe they control their own actions, less influenced by others
External locus of control characteristics
External locus of control characteristics
Believe external factors (fate, luck, others) control behaviour
F-Scale purpose (Adorno et al. 1950)
F-Scale purpose (Adorno et al. 1950)
Detect authoritarian personality traits
Gender difference in obedience (Milgram's findings)
Gender difference in obedience (Milgram's findings)
65% for both males and females - virtually identical
Cross-cultural obedience variations mainly due to
Cross-cultural obedience variations mainly due to
Methodological differences rather than actual cultural effects