explanations for obedience - agentic state and legitimacy of authority Flashcards
1
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what is the agentic state
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- when a person believes that someone else will take responsibility for their own actions
2
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what is the autonomous state
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the state in which a person believes they will take responsibility for their own actions
3
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what is it called when someone switched from the agentic state to the autonomous state
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agentic shift
4
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what does the agency theory suggest about obedience
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people are more likely or obey when they are in the agentic state as they don’t believe they will suffer the consequences of their actions because they’re acting on behalf of their agent
5
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what is legitimacy of authority and what does it suggest about obedience
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- describes how credible a figure of authority is
- people are more likely to obey them if they’re seen as more credible
