E3: Obedience Flashcards
Obedience
people change behavior due to a direct command from someone (usually an authority figure)
role of normative social influence in obedience
normative pressure makes it hard to say no to an insistent authority figure
role of informational social influence in obedience
in ambiguous situations we turn to authority
Although the role of normative social influence and informational social influence is strong, what are other explanations for why we obey
-adhering to the wrong norm
-self justification
-loss of personal responsibility
adhering to the wrong norm
People are presented with conflicting norms when an authority figure commands something ethically questionable
self justification
once you have obeyed an ethically questionable command from authority, to prevent dissonance you justify it and therefore have to do it again if asked
loss of personal responsibility
people feel not at fault because they are not responsible since they were just following orders
what were some additional variables manipulated in the Milgrim study
-legitimacy of authority
-proximity of authority
-proximity of victim
-ally
effect of legitimacy of authority on obedience in Milgrim study
the more legitimate an authority is perceived to be, the more people obey
effect of proximity of authority on obedience in Milgrim study
the closer the authority figure issuing commands is, the more likely people are to obey
effect of proximity of victim in Milgrim study
the closer the victim was to participant, the less they obeyed
effect of an ally on obedience in Milgrim study
even just one other person disobeying the authority figured helped participants to also disobey
would the Milgrim study replicate today
Yes
-Burger in 2009 replicated in an ethical way and got the same results
-a French game tv show also demonstrated same
