Key Question

Question 1

Agency theory

Answer 1

Soldiers lost identity
Entered agentic shift and acted on behalf of superior
Just following orders - Frederich blamed chain of command
Milgram - some went up to 450v when being ordered by a teacher however showed moral strain as they were shaking suggesting they didn’t want to

Question 2

Social impact theory

Answer 2

Status over the soldiers due to hierarchy
We’re told to ‘break the detainees ‘
Milgram variation 13
80% broke off before the whole way showing authority makes you do things you wouldn’t want to

Question 3

Gender

Answer 3

Sabrina Harman a female officer did it too
Showing it I didn’t effect
Took photos smiling with bodies
Variation 8 women showed no difference in obedience

Question 4

External locus of control

Answer 4

Believed their behaviour was out of their control and just followed the orders of others
Milgram 65%

Question 5

Authoritarian personality

Answer 5

Believed they had to be harsh to those be,ow them and follow the orders of those above them
Theodore Adorno et al developed a scale to rate this

Question 6

Intro

Answer 6

2004 prisoners at Abu graib prison in Iraq - found abused, tortured
By military police in US
Found by women Sabrina harman
And men Ivan frederich
Sentenced to imprisonment for 8 years for sexually and physically assaulting detainees

Question 7

Question

Answer 7

Why did the us soldiers abuse Iraqi prisoners