obedience Flashcards
what are the 2 explanations for obedience
agentic state/legitimate authority
what is agentic state
when people see themselves as not responsible for own actions/blame others
what is autonomous state
when people hold themselves responsible/take blame
how do you go from autonomous to agentic
agentic shift
what is legitimate authority
someone perceived as being in control due to position
what is a real life example of agentic state
germans working in auschwitz
who investigated obedience
milgram
how many pp in this experiment
40 males from nyc
how were pp chosen
500 answered a survey
where was the study done
yale university
what happened when pp arrived
greeted by experimenter and another pp who was actually a confederate
what role was confederate given
learner
what role was pp given
teacher
what did the pp have to do
shock the learner if they recalled the word pair incorrectly or they wee silent
what was the learner told to do
give 3 wrong answers every 1 correct
at 300v bang then stay silent
