Explanantion of obedience Flashcards
what is an autonomous state?
When an individual is freely and consciously in control of their actions and is responsible for them.
what is agentic state?
When an individual considers themselves an agent of an authority figure and not personally responsible for their actions.
what happens within an agentic state?
a person will obey instructions that go against their moral compass because they do not consider themselves personally responsible for them.
why do people become obedient to authoritative figures?
they believe an authority figure has a legitimate right to be giving orders.
what affects level of obedience- milgram study
Participants were more likely to obey the experimenter if he was wearing a lab coat, and the prestigious location of Yale University likely increased the perceived legitimacy of the experimenter in the participant’s eyes.
what did Adorno et al (1950) create?
F-scale personality test to measure the authoritarian personality in people.
