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Question 278

A group of junior management consultants at a firm were ordered by their senior partner to falsify an audit report.

  • Elena, who has a high internal locus of control, refused to carry out the instruction, believing that she is personally accountable for the integrity of her work.
  • Marcus, who has a high external locus of control, complied with the order, believing that as a junior employee, he has no choice but to follow the decisions of senior leadership.
  • In a follow-up meeting with other junior staff, there were no significant differences in compliance between male and female consultants, though female consultants reported experiencing higher levels of stress during the task.

Discuss how individual differences (such as locus of control and gender) explain obedience and resistance to authority. Refer to the scenario in your answer.

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Practise Edexcel A Level Psychology Content with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 1,059 questions covering Bowlby's work on attachment, Ainsworth and the Strange Situation, Research into deprivation, Research into privation, Research into day care, Cross-cultural research into attachment, Autism, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology, matched to the Edexcel A Level Psychology (9PS0) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

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