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Question 68

Dr. Albright investigated the relationship between the Authoritarian Personality (measured using the F-scale) and obedience. She selected 20 university students, 10 of whom scored highly on the F-scale (indicating an authoritarian personality) and 10 of whom scored low on the F-scale.

Participants were ordered by an experimenter wearing a lab coat to administer an unpleasant acoustic blast to a learner in a mock learning task.

The results of the investigation are shown in Table 1.

Table 1: F-scale score and obedience behavior

Personality Type (F-scale)Obeyed the orderRefused the order
High F-scale (Authoritarian)82
Low F-scale (Non-authoritarian)37

Draw a bar chart to show the number of participants with a low F-scale score who obeyed and refused the order.

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171 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Theories of obedience, Research into obedience (Milgram variations), Factors affecting obedience and dissent, Explanations and research into prejudice, Factors affecting prejudice, Individual differences in obedience/prejudice, and Developmental psychology in obedience/prejudice. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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