Factors Affecting Obedience and Conformity

Flashcards covering key concepts related to obedience and conformity influences based on the provided lecture notes.

Participants felt a sense of __ to continue with the shocks due to being paid for the study.

obligation

The level of __ affects whether or not we obey orders.

authority

The type of personality that is respectful of authority and holds rigid beliefs is known as __.

authoritarian personality

Milgram used the __ to identify authoritarian personalities in his obedience experiments.

F-Scale

When the victim is not proximate to the participant, it is __ for them to obey orders.

easier

When the __ of the experimenter was removed, obedience fell significantly.

legitimacy

Individuals with an __ locus of control are less likely to conform because they feel self-directed.

internal

If a situation is judged to have high __, individuals may choose not to help due to perceived risk.

costs

People are more likely to help if they perceive themselves as __ to the person in need.

similar

The __ of the majority is a situational factor that affects conformity; larger groups tend to have greater influence.

size

When the shock-generator switch only increased the shock level slightly, it encouraged __ of compliance.

momentum

Increased ambiguity of a task leads to higher rates of __ as individuals look to others for the correct answer.

conformity