A-level Social Influence Practice 1

Obedience can be defined as...

• following the majorities behaviour

• following what an authority figure tells you to do

• having an authoritarian personality

• believing that you take responsibility for your actions

What percentage of participants went to 450V's in Milgram's study?

• 65%

• 75%

• 85%

• 100%

In Milgram's study the participant took the role of the...

• Experimenter

• Learner

• Teacher

• Confederate

What were the qualitative findings of Milgram's study?

• The participants ran into the learners room to check they were okay

• 85% of them were glad to have taken part

• The participants sweated and shook

• The participants were aggressive towards the experimenter

Which variation of Milgram's study produced the highest obedience levels?

• Proximity to the experimenter (phone condition)

• Proximity to the participant (shock plate condition)

• Location (run down office)

• Uniform (lab coat)

A strength of Milgram's original study was...

• His variations were highly controlled and therefore the studies have internal validity

• There is research to support from Asch

• There is cross-cultural support for his variations

• It accurately reflects obedience in real life

A dispositional factor is also know as a...

• Environmental factor

• Conformity factor

• Authoritarian Personality

• Personality factor

Which of these is a dispositional factor which explains why people obey?

• The authoritarian personality

• The locus of control explanation

• Social support

• Extraversion / Introversion

Authoritarian personalities often develop...

• through bad parenting

• through a strict upbring

• through your genes

• through being exposed to left-wing views

Milgram and Elms supported the authoritarian personality theory through...

• repeating the study and asking them to complete a follow up interview about their personality

• getting confederates who also played the role of the learner to refuse to continue

• asking psychology students to decide whether or not the individuals in the original study had an A.P through watching the video recordings

• asking the original participants of the experiment to complete the f-scale questionnaire