culture

• what 2 categories is culture divided into?

  • individualistic culture= behaving more independently, resisting conformity and compliance with culture (UK/US)
  • collectivist culture= behave as a collect group based on interdependence, co-op and compliance is important for stability of group (China)
• Ancona and Pareyson 1968

  replicated Milgrams study in Italy, higher obedience rate of 80% so cultural differences?

  • However max shock rate was 330v rather than 450v in milgrams study
  • they used students as Ps, more likely to be compliant?
• Slater (2006)

  virtual reality replication where shocks given to AI. 73.9% obeyed and heart rate suggested stress was shown.

  • study done in diffeent decade (1963!) and country (UK vs US) so obedience is similar in different culture
• Meeus and Raajmakers (1986)

  looked into if they would psychologically abuse a job interviewee, 92% obedient so obedience is similar cross-culturally.
• Shurz (1985)

  study in Austria where Ps give bursts of ultrasound to learner, told bursts could damage skin, obedience=80%
• Blass (2012)

  reviewed studys done around the world, average percentage of obedience in US was 60.94% and elsewhere (India, Austria, Italy) was 65.94%.

  • concluded similarity across cultures means people tend to obey authority. 'one of the universes of social behaviour'.