AO3 - Dispositional Factors in Obedience

• Elms and Milgram (1966) found that the obedient participants scored higher on the F scale, in comparison to disobedient participants.
• Elms and Milgram suggest a link between authoritarian personality and obedience.
• Middendorp & Meloen (1990) found that less-educated people are more likely to display authoritarian personality characteristics.
• The F scale suffers from response bias or social desirability, where participants provide answers that are socially acceptable.
• The F scale only collects quantitative data, so lacks external validity.
• Christie & Jahoda (1954) argued that the F scale is politically biased and measures more extreme views of right-wing ideology.