Dispositional evaluation

• What is a weakness of dispositional explanations of obedience studies?

  Samples are all male. This is a weakness as they cannot be generalised.
• What is a weakness of dispositional explanations of obedience studies?

  In pre-war germany, millions of individuals all had displayed obedient, racist behaviour. This is a weakness as dispositional explanations would say they all have the same authoritarian personality however this is not possible.
• What is a weakness of dispositional explanations of obedience studies?

  The studies were carried out in the 1950s. This is a weakness as they lack temporal validity.
• What is a strength of dispositional explanations of obedience studies?

  In Milgram's follow up study, he found that those who went up to 450 volts scored higher on the test of authoritarianism. This is a strength as it shows that all of those who were fully obedient had similar personalities (authoritarian).