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1
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Define the difference between conformity and obedience

A

Obedience occurs when an individual is told to do something and involves a hierarchy of power or status

whereas conformity is often due to the influence of the majority and peers through social pressure.

2
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Name thel explanations for obedience

A

Agentic state
Autonomous state
The Authoritarian personality

3
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Define the Agentic State

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The agent state is when an individual perceives themselves as an agent caring out actions for someone else therefore separates themselves from the responsibility and the consequences for their actions.

4
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Define the Autonomous state

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The Autonomous state is when an individual perceives themselves as responsible for the consequences of their actions.

5
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What is the name of the movement from the autonomous state to the agentIc state?

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Agentic shift

6
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What traits does someone with an Authoritarian personality have?

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  • Blind Allegiance to conventional beliefs about right and wrong
  • Respect and obedience to those in authority
  • Belief in aggression towards group which differ to them
  • Tendency to project feelings of personal insecurity and inadequacy on ‘weaker’ groups
7
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What are the key studies associated with the authoritarian personality?

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Adorno (1950) and Elms + Milgram (1966)

8
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What was the name of the questionnaire Adorno made?

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The F-scale

9
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What does the F stand for ?

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Facist

10
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Who was his sample ?

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2,000 white Americans

11
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What was Adorno’s Aim?

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To determine if prejudice is the result of an individual’s personality type

12
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What did Adorno believe some of an Authoritarian personality traits were?

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  • more prejudice
  • Strict upbringing/ Harsh parents
  • Belief that they’re superior
  • More obedient.
13
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What did Scores in the questionnaire elude to ?

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Hostility towards people of Lower status and obedient to higher status

Rigid beliefs and traditional views.

14
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How did Elms and Milgram follow up his previous study

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by getting 40 participants from his last sample

20 defiant and 20 obedient

15
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What did Elms and Milgram do?

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Firstly They got participants to complete an MMPI scale and a F-scale questionnaire so they could compare the results between the obedient and the defiant.

Then they asked open ended questions about the following:

  • Parental Relationships
  • Childhood
  • Authority figures (researcher)
  • Learner in previous experiment