agency theory

Question 1

What is moral strain in a situation

Answer 1

Knowing an order is wrong, but feeling unable to disobey and become uncomfortable

Question 2

What is agent state

Answer 2

Act on behalf of someone else

agents of experimenter so one his orders

Question 3

What is autonomous state

Answer 3

using your free will being under ones own control and having the power to make one’s own decisions

Question 4

Give five key words for Milgram’s Theory

Answer 4

socialisation
agents state
autumns state
moral strain
evolutionary

Question 5

What two things did Milgram believe must be in place in order for people to be in an agent state

Answer 5

1. The person giving the orders is seen as legitimate

2. the person being ordered believes that the person ordering them will take the responsibility of their actions

Question 6

in Holfling’s experiment how many nurses obeyed and what percentage

Answer 6

21/22

95%

Question 7

What year was milligrams theory

Answer 7

1974

Question 8

what was the percentage of obedience in Meeus and Raajmakers experiment

Answer 8

92%

Question 9

what are defense mechanisms

Answer 9

used to avoid d distress of having to perform acts we would normally find unacceptable eg. denial

Question 10

give of an example of a time when many people are socialised

Answer 10

in schools in favour of maintaining order

Question 11

why do we obey

Answer 11

the tendency to obey is a mechanism for maintaining a stable society

Question 12

what do we live by

Answer 12

social rules

Question 13

what is the purpose of social rules

Answer 13

maintain a stable society by giving up a degree of our free will

Question 14

strengths of agency theory

Answer 14

S- 65% of milgrams participants went to 450v just because they were ordered to
Adolf Eichmann said he only did what he did because he was told to
Hofling - 95% of nurses obeyed when told to give a threatening over dose by doctors
Meeus and Raajmakers - 92% obeyed
U- explains actions of soldiers in WW2
explains moral strain
explains what happened in Abu Ghraib
T- it can easily be tested as shown by the numerous numbers of experiments done

Question 15

weaknesses of agency theory

Answer 15

French and Raven - said that there needs to be legitimate power rather than just someone of authority for people to obey.
35% of Milgrams participants didn’t obey with no understanding as to why as based on agency theory everyone should have obeyed