agentic state Flashcards
autonomous state
‘independent’
free to behave according to own principles, feels responsibility
the agentic state
shifting from autonomy to agency when someone else is perceived as an authority figure due to their place in the social hierarchy
binding factors
allow the person to minimize or ignore the damaging effects of behavior and minimize their moral strain
strategies for BF
blaming the victim, denying the damage
BLASS AND SCHMITT
showed Milgram’s film to students and asked them who was responsible, they blamed the experimenter due to his legitimate and expert authority
HOFLING
21/22 obeyed unjustifiable demands from doctors, should have shown anxiety as handing over responsibility but didn’t so doesn’t account for all situations