Obedience

• What was the aim of Milgram's study?

  To understand obedience
• In Milgram's study, participants were told that it was a learning task involving administering shocks
• The maximum voltage in Milgram's study was 450V.
• What prods did the experimenter use in Milgram's study?

  "You must continue"
• Milgram proposed the agentic state as an explanation for obedience, where individuals do not see themselves as responsible for their actions
• A uniform is a common indicator of legitimacy of authority.
• In Milgram's study, what happened to obedience when the location changed to a run-down office block?

  Obedience decreased
• Adorno proposed the authoritarian personality as a dispositional explanation for obedience
• Match the characteristics of an authoritarian personality with their descriptions:

  Conventionalism ↔️ Adherence to conventional norms

  Authoritarian aggression ↔️ Aggression towards norm violators

  Authoritarian submission ↔️ Uncritical obedience to authority
• What is the name of the questionnaire used to measure authoritarian personality?

  California F scale
• Strict parenting in childhood is likely to cause an authoritarian personality.