Obedience
MUST
DOs
Background/key
concepts
Core theory/Limitations
Situational Factors
Read pages 49 and
50 in your text book
Watch the following links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g
1MJeHYlE0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzT
uz0mNlwU
Alt. Theory
Dispositional Factors
Read pages 54 and 55 in your text
book
Core Study
‘Bickman’
Read pages 55 and 56 in your text
book
Applications
Read pages 57 and 58 in
your text book
Watch the following link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=16QMQXIjYVU
Read pages 51, 52 and 53 in your text
book
1
Knowledge
10 points
G-F
2
Comprehension
20 points
E
Define the keywords
–
Obedience;
defiance; authority;
denial or
responsibility
Define the keywords – setting; culture;
consensus; confederate; authority
figure
Explain and discuss
difference between
defiance and
obedience
Situational factors – what are the
possible effects of the following? Use
Milgram’s experiment to help you to
explain.
Define the key words –
Dispositional factors;
Authoritarian personality; fascism
Give the aim of the study and
describe the procedure.
What has research into
obedience been used for?
Explain the results with the aid of a
graph.
Explain how situational
factors can be used to
promote obedience in
prisons?
Describe Milgram’s experiment in your
own words using page 51 and the video
clips
What does the alternative theory
suggest?
Give four examples.
Explain and discuss
denial of
responsibility
Setting
Authority – the power to punish
Culture
Consensus
You can use sheet 1A as a guideline.
3
Application
Devise role play to
demonstrate denial
of responsibility
In a group, you must come up with a
role play to explain Milgram’s research
into obedience! Use the iPads to record
Give 5 examples of different types of
disposition. What is yours?
Draw a large poster diagram of
Bickman’s research. For example,
you could draw three street scenes
with three cartoon figures and
Refer back to the list of
rules that you created at
the beginning of the unit.
30 points
D
within groups and
record it using an
iPad.
the final outcome.
Explain the theory of the authoritarian
personality.
speech bubbles.
What is the conclusion of the
study?
The outline of the role play can be
found in Edmodo.
What’s the
situation? Who is in
authority? How
does the person
following orders
deny responsibility?
4
Analysis
40 points
C
5
Synthesis
50 points
B
6
Create or
Evaluation
Watch another
groups’ role play
and analyse how
well they’ve
delivered the
concept of ‘denial of
responsibility’
Watch the following video clip on the
Stanford prison experiment by
Zimbardo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm
wSC5fS40w&feature=related
What is the F scale?
Using sheet 1B fill in the situational
factors for this experiment.
Does it make sense? Give some
methodological problems with the
test.
You are the new
head teacher of a
school and your aim
is to improve
behaviour. Compile
a list of rules and
explain why each is
important.
Research Hofling et al and analyse the
experiment using SACC.
Complete the F scale.
http://beatroot.blogspot.co.uk/2006/0
6/take-f-scale-test.html
What did Adorno find from the F
scale?
Complete activity 4.8 on page 57.
OR
What are the differences in ecological
validity between this experiment and
Zimbardo and Milgram?
Make a video re-creating Bickman’s
experiment.
Now complete sheet 1B with a ‘real life’
example such as school, the army etc.
Give at least two evaluations of the core
theory.
60 points
A/A*
500 points =C; 700 points = B; 880 points = A/A*
Activity 4.7 page 55. Carry out the
investigation into relationship between
obedience and strictness of parents.
Give at least two methodological
limitations of the core study.
Do any of your rules
include any situational
factors? If not, how could
change the rule to apply
situational factors?
Go to
http://www.army.mod.uk/j
oin/25736.aspx
Analyse the words and
pictures in this document.
Identify all of the ways in
which this document
encourages obedience in
individuals.