Factor affecting obedience

• Individual differences

  Internal locus of control = your actions are affected by your own morals, and your personality
• Individual differences

  External locus = external factors determine your actions eg fate
• Individual differences

  Strong internal locus = less likely to obey, more responsible for own actions
• Individual differences

  Strong external locus = more likely to obey, shift responsibility
• Individual differences

  Authoritarian personality = harsh to those below them in status but harsh to superiors, score high on Adorno's F scale
• Developmental factors

  Individualistic culture = values personal needs over group, autonomous
• Developmental factors

  Collectivist culture = values the needs of the group, more obedient
• Gender

  Milgram + Burger found that moral strain was more apparent in females