GLOSSARY Flashcards
Definition of obedience
obeying the demands and requests of others
Definition of legitimate authority
authority which is considered right- often supported by the law
Definition of moral strain
feeling that you get when you do something that is against your morals
Definition of proximity
how close you are to something
Definition of competence
being aware/taking into account other beliefs and values
Definition of debrief
end pf research- purpose of experiment explained
Definition of agentic state
being another person’s agent & as a result not being personally responsible for the consequences of following orders given by that person
Definition of androcentric
only males
Definition of ethnocentric
only 1 culture
Definition of internal validity
the extent to which an experiment measures what it is intended to measure
Definition of demand characteristics
how a person acts- guess the research and then act how you’re supposed to
Definition of ethnocentrism
look at the world from the point of view of our own culture
Definition of conservatism
belief in tradition and social order with dislike for change
Definition of anti-democratic
views that oppose the fair election of government and majority rule
Definition of inter-rater reliability
degree of agreement about the thing being measured
