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WorksheetsExplaining Obedience
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which of the following is a dispositional explanation for obedience?
Legitimacy of authority
Authoritarian Personality
Agency Theory
Gradual Commitment
According to Adorno, people with an authoritarian personality...
are highly obedient to authority
look with contempt on people with inferior social status
favour traditional values
all of the above
'Believing you are carrying out the wishes of someone else' is a brief description of:
Informational influence
Situational explanation of obedience
Agentic state
Legitimacy of authority
Authoritarian personality is measured using the:
Assertiveness scale
Potential-for-fascism scale
AP-scale
Potential for obedience scale
Legitimacy of authority is a good explanation of cultural differences in obedience because:
some cultures are traditionally more respectful of authority than others.
some cultures are traditionally less respectful of authority than others.
cultures vary in the way parents raise children to view authority figures.
all of the above.
Authoritarian personality develops because a child:
receives unconditional love and affection from parents
is spoiled by parents who do not use any discipline
experiences feelings of hostility towards his or her parents that cannot be directly expressed
is accepted regardless of their achievements
A problem with agentic state as an explanation for obedience is:
it's can't explain why the proportion of people who obeyed in Milgram's study was so high
it can't explain why some people in Milgram's study did not obey.
there is no research support.
it is not as useful as legitimacy of authority.
People with Authoritarian Personality are very preoccupied with social status, therefore they...
treat all people with respect
feel sympathetic towards those with lower status
tend to be unimpressed by the trappings of high status
are servile and obedient towards those of higher status
Briefly outline one study supporting the authoritarian personality as an explanation for obedience.
Briefly outline a study that contradicts Agency theory as an explanation for obedience.
Support for legitimacy of authority comes from research into cultural differences in obedience: Kilham and Mann (1974) found ___ of Australian women and ___ of men administered 450V in a MIlgram style study, while Mantell (1971) found ___ of German participants did so.
(a)
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