Personality and Gender: Obedience

• Who created the Theory on Authoritarian Personality?

  Theodore Alarno
• What is an Authoritarian Personality?


  A personality type that involves being obedient to someone they believe is of Higher Authority, and ignorant to those who are perceived to be subordinate to them
• What did Alarno believe led to having an Authoritarian Personality?


  Harsh Parenting
• Who created the Theory on the Locus of Control?

  Julian Rotter
• What does it mean if someone has an Internal Locus of Control?


  They believe everything is dependent on fate
• How does having an Internal LOC effect Obedience?


  It decreases Obedience, as people will believe their actions are in their responsibility
• What does it mean if someone has an External Locus of Control?


  They believe everything is dependent on luck
• How does having an External LOC effect Obedience?


  It increases Obedience, as people will believe their actions are in the hands of the authority figure that is instructing them what to do
• What study supports the fact LOC is a factor of Obedience?


  Frederick Miller's study - it involved Internal and External LOCs grasping electric wires at the instruction of authority. They had a high status and low status experimenter; Externals obeyed the high status experimenter more than the low status one, Internals disobeyed regardless of status
• What study shows Women may be more obedient?

  Charles Sheridan and Richard King - involving asking participants to shock a live puppy

  100% of women shocked the puppy

  54% of men shocked the puppy
• What study shows Men are more obedient?

  Wesley Kilham and Leon Mann - they replicated Milgrim's study in Australia

  28% obeyed

  In terms of Gender

  40% of men obeyed

  16% of women obeyed