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Question 34

A participant strongly values hierarchy and follows an authority figure's harmful instruction despite personal doubt.

Using your knowledge of dispositional factors, explain why the participant obeys.

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4.2 Theories/Explanations Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /4.2 Theories/Explanations

76 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 4.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 4.2.1 Situational factors on conformity and crowds, 4.2.2 Situational factors on culture and obedience; criticisms, 4.2.3 Situational Factors research study: Bickman (1974), 4.2.4 Dispositional factors on conformity, crowds, morality, obedience, 4.2.5 Brain in dispositional factors; criticisms, and 4.2.6 Dispositional Factors research study: NatCen (2011). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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