Change Over Time in Obedience: The Jury's Still Out, But It Might Be Decreasing

American Psychologist

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-31

  Twenge, Jean M ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

birth cohort; generations; obedience; personality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUNISHMENT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CULTURE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUNISHMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 58849140913     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014475     Document Type: Article

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