13. Obedience: Social-psychological Factors AO3

Question 1

Name a limitation of agentic state

Answer 1

Cannot account for behaviour of the nazis

Question 2

Explain why agentic state cannot account for the nazis behaviour

Answer 2

Research describes German Reserve Polive Battalion 101 - men shot civilians in Poland - did it despite not being ordered to

Question 3

Why does the nazis behaviour limit the agentic state explanation

Answer 3

Challenges it behave the Reserve Polive weren’t powerless to disobey

Question 4

Name a strength of legitimacy of authority

Answer 4

Useful account of cultural differences in obedience

Question 5

Explain why LOA is useful in explaining cultural differences

Answer 5

Countries differ in obedience to authority - 16% of Australians went to top of voltage scale - 85% of Germans did in a study - authority more likely to be accepted as legitimate in some cultures

Question 6

What does authority being more accepted as legitimate in some cultures show?

Answer 6

Reflects how different societies are stuctured - children raised to perceive authority figures differently