Dispositional explanation for obedience

• Dispositional explanation - Authoritarian personality

  Adorno - internal explanation as the focus is on the idea that certain personality characteristics are associated with with higher levels of obedience.

  How it develops - Collection of personality traits said to develop from strict parenting in an individuals childhood - an expectation of loyalty, impossibly high standards and severe criticism.
• How is the authoritarian measured - F scale questionnaire by Adorno on a sample of over 2000 american ppts.
• Dispositional explanation of obedience AO3 -

  :) RTS Milgram and Elms

  :( Social desirability bias

  :( Limited explanation - cant use personality to explain