1.1.4 Factors Affecting Obedience

• What is obedience in social psychology?

  Following authority commands
• Obedience is the act of following orders from an authority figure
• Match the concept with its definition:

  Obedience ↔️ Following direct commands

  Compliance ↔️ Yielding to requests

  Conformity ↔️ Aligning with group norms
• What was the primary purpose of Milgram's obedience experiment?

  Investigate obedience to authority
• Milgram recruited 40 male participants through a newspaper ad
• Sequence the main steps of Milgram's obedience experiment:

  1️⃣ Participants assigned as "teachers"

  2️⃣ Teachers instructed to administer shocks

  3️⃣ Shocks increased in voltage

  4️⃣ Learner shows distress

  5️⃣ Experimenter prompts teacher to continue
• What percentage of participants in Milgram's experiment administered the highest level of shock?

  65%
• Milgram's experiment faced ethical concerns due to deception and lack of informed consent.
• What was the main goal of Milgram's obedience experiment?

  Investigate obedience to authority
• Milgram recruited 40 male participants through newspaper ads
• Match the key aspect of Milgram's experiment with its description:

  Purpose ↔️ Understand obedience to authority

  Methodology ↔️ Controlled lab experiment

  Findings ↔️ 65% administered highest voltage

  Ethical Concerns ↔️ Deception and psychological distress
• What are situational factors that affect obedience?

  Proximity, legitimacy, peers
• Proximity to the victim reduces obedience in Milgram's experiment.
• The legitimacy of authority increases obedience levels.
• What happens to obedience when dissenting peers are present?

  Obedience decreases
• What is the perceived legitimacy of authority in situational factors?

  The person giving orders
• The uniform of the authority figure can influence obedience.
• The environment or location where obedience takes place is a situational factor.
• Match the situational factor with its description:

  Legitimacy of Authority ↔️ Perceived authority of the person giving orders

  Uniform ↔️ Influence of attire on obedience

  Location ↔️ Environment where obedience occurs
• What are situational factors that influence obedience?

  Legitimacy, uniform, location
• The attire or uniform of an authority figure can influence obedience
• The environment where obedience takes place is a situational factor.
• Match the situational factor with its description:

  Legitimacy of Authority ↔️ Perceived authority of the person giving orders

  Uniform ↔️ Influence of attire on obedience

  Location ↔️ Impact of environment on obedience
• What are dispositional factors affecting obedience?

  Authoritarian personality, moral reasoning
• Individuals with an authoritarian personality respect authority and adhere to hierarchical structures
• High moral reasoning decreases obedience to unjust commands.
• Match the dispositional factor with its impact on obedience:

  Authoritarian Personality ↔️ Increases obedience

  Moral Reasoning ↔️ Decreases obedience
• What is the definition of obedience?

  Following orders from authority
• Obedience differs from compliance because it involves a direct authority figure.
• The motivation behind obedience is respect for authority.
• Match the concept with its defining characteristic:

  Obedience ↔️ Following direct commands

  Compliance ↔️ Yielding to requests

  Conformity ↔️ Aligning with group norms
• What was the purpose of Milgram's obedience experiment?

  Investigate obedience to authority
• Milgram's experiment involved 40 male participants
• In Milgram's experiment, 65% of participants administered the highest level of shock.
• What were some ethical concerns of Milgram's experiment?

  Informed consent, deception, distress
• Obedience decreases when individuals are closer to the victim
• Individuals are more likely to obey if the authority figure seems legitimate.
• What effect does the presence of dissenting peers have on obedience?

  Reduces obedience
• What happens to obedience when individuals are closer to the victim?

  Obedience decreases
• Individuals are more likely to obey if the authority figure seems legitimate.