Individual Differences - Culture

• What two theories/studies supports cultural?

  > Agency theory

  > Meeus + Raaijmakers
• How does agency theory support cultural?


  > Obedience is in the nature of humans to obey those in authority, however this is triggered by situation
• How does the Meus + Raaijmakers study support cultural?


  > Cross-cultural studies have been made in different countries

  > Used psychological harm as a punishment, 92% of participants in Holland obeyed an authority figure and gave 15 insults to a 'job applicant'

  - showed individual differences and higher levels of obedience in Dutch participants