Explanations for Obedience

Question 1

What are the 3 explanations for obedience?

Answer 1

Agentic state, legitimacy of Authority and Situtational factors

Question 2

What is the agentic state?

Answer 2

When a person believes that someone else will take responsibility for their own actions and will not suffer the consequences of their own actions due to the agent

Question 3

What is a agentic shift?

Answer 3

When people switch from a autonomous state (when they will take responsibility) to the agentic state (they dont think they are responsibile)

Question 4

What is legitimacy of authority?

Answer 4

The credibility of the authority links to how likely you are to obey and listen ti them

Question 5

Whats a example?

Answer 5

If a doctor told you to take certain drugs compared to some random person on the streets, you will 100% more likely to comply with the doctor as they are seen as legitimate

Question 6

What is a expert authority?

Answer 6

When people see some people as more legitimate and therefore more knowledgable and responsbile

Question 7

What are situational factors?

Answer 7

When the situation/context you are in affects whether you will comply or not

Question 8

What are examples of situational factors?

Answer 8

Location
Uniform
Whether we can see the consequences
How close the authority is (more pressure to obey and less to resist)