Key issue Flashcards
What is the key issue?
Blind obedience to authority in a prison setting
what is the name of the prison we studies?
Abu Ghraib
what year was the Abu Ghraib prison case?
2004
How many of the soldiers involved were found guilty of abuse?
11
What did the soldiers argue?
That they were simply following orders and were no more than pawns for authority.
What did the prosecution argue?
That they were corrupt and took pleasure in tormenting the prisoners in their care
How is Milgram relevant?
His research suggested that ordinary people would do bad things when put into a certain social situation. The soldiers complied to his agency theory while clearly being in the agentic state.
How is Hofling relevant?
Because as it was the soldiers job to work in the prison they are even more likely to obey orders just like the nurses when told to act by their authority doctor.
How is SIT relevant?
the soldiers would have been part of an in-group and the prisoners the out-group. as the 2 groups were at war they will have wanted to feel superior making the prisoners do humiliating acts to boost their self-esteem.
How is the autonomous state relevant?
One of the soldiers (Joe Darby) was responsible for leaking the photo’s and stopping the abuse showing their was still room for the autonomous case to occur even in this setting.
