Marking criteria
[How to get a perfect answer for the above question]
Candidates are likely to explain any two of the following: agency
(agentic shift), binding factors or gradual commitment, socialisation
(exposure to legitimate authority), and individual differences (e.g.
the authoritarian personality). Other psychological processes may
be relevant (as the question does state that these may be involved).
For example, Kohlberg's stages of moral development have been advanced
as an explanation of the different behaviours of Milgram's participants.
It is not sufficient for candidates to describe the results of (for
example) Milgram's studies without inferring the psychological processes
that
might explain these results.
Note that material relating to the resistance of obedience can also
be credited here provided that candidates stress the “processes”
involved in such resistance. |