legitimacy of authority in milgrams study

Question 1

what makes the authority legitimate

Answer 1

-in the sense that is is agreed by society, will only have legitimacy if the majority listens to them

Question 1

what does legitimacy mean

Answer 1

if we think they have authority to tell us what to do

Question 2

how can legitimacy of the authority figure be increased

Answer 2

-visual symbols of authority such as uniform
-the context of the interaction e.g. legitimacy of the SETTING, ORDER and SYSTEM

Question 3

what are the consequences of legitimacy of authority

Answer 3

-people are willing to give up independence and hand over control of behaviour to people who exercise authority appropriately
-leads to destructive authority

Question 4

what is destructive authority

Answer 4

-when leaders can use legitimate powers for destructive purposes- make ppl behave in ways that are cruel and dangerous

Question 5

example of destructive authority

Answer 5

-Stalin, responsible for at least 700,000 executions

Question 6

when was destructive authority obvious in milgram’s study

Answer 6

-when the experimenter used prods to order participants to behave in ways that went against their conscience

Question 7

what does legitimacy of an authority require

Answer 7

an institution which backs it as a third party

Question 8

what allows destructive authority

Answer 8

-if authority figures commands are harmful, for them to be perceived as legitimate they must occur within some sort of institutional structure like a uni or military

Question 9

how is legitimate authority requiring an institution effected

Answer 9

-possible that the category of an institution rather than its relative status within the category causes people to obey
-more abt how you percieve the insitution and what it represents e.g. scientific lab