<em>A teacher or parent who requires unquestioning obedience would most likely be classified as</em> <u>authoritarian.</u>
Authoritarian means favoring a complete blind obedience to a parent or a teacher who requires and may seem to have a power over a child or student. The term is also widely known in politics who have managed to establish authoritative regime in their countries.
The American social psychologist who is being identified in
the statement above is Muzafer Sherif. He is the one responsible for developing
the realistic conflict theory and as well as the social judgement theory in
which he is known for because of his contribution to these theories.