Agency Theory (1973) key terms

Question 1

what is the agentic state?

Answer 1

where we give up our own free will, and see ourselves as an agent of those in authority

Question 2

what is the agentic shift?

Answer 2

responsibilities are given up, and orders are followed without considering the consequence

Question 3

what is the autonomous state?

Answer 3

when we act under our own power, decisions are based on our ideas of what is responsible to do

Question 4

what is moral strain?

Answer 4

the feeling of great discomfort in giving up control, disagreeing with orders given to us

Question 5

what is a defence mechanism?

Answer 5

denial, avoiding moral strain

Question 6

what is evolution / social hierarchy?

Answer 6

believing we are born to form social hierarchies, and born with the autonomous state

Question 7

what is socialisation?

Answer 7

through socialisation, as a child, we learn that sometimes we have to give up our autonomy and move into the agentic state

Question 8

what is denial / rationalisation?

Answer 8

trying to put a logical spin on a negative action, not accepting something