Describe and evaluate a study of obedience using this new scenario. A transport company asks 60 trainees to complete a computer task. A manager shown on a l...
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Describe and evaluate a study of obedience using this new scenario. A transport company asks 60 trainees to complete a computer task. A manager shown on a live video call instructs them to keep entering passenger data even after a warning states that the system may be inaccurate. Half the trainees see a colleague refuse first.
(a) Identify the dependent variable. [1]
(b) Explain how the colleague's refusal could affect obedience. [2]
(c) Evaluate one strength and one weakness of the computer-task method for studying obedience. [3]
Answer Details
(a) Whether trainees continue entering data / amount of data entered after the warning [1] (b) The colleague acts as a disobedient role model [1]; this gives social support and makes refusal seem acceptable, reducing obedience [1]. (c) Strength: procedures can be standardised, so each trainee receives the same instruction and warning [1]. This improves control / makes replication easier [1]. Weakness: entering data has low personal consequences compared with real harmful obedience, reducing realism or validity [1].
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