Obedience Flashcards
What is the agentic state?
More likely to obey an order because you see yourself as having no personal responsibility- acting upon authority.
What is the opposite to the agentic state?
Autonomous state
What is the shift from autonomy to agent?
Agentic shift
What did obedience fall by when Milgram instructed the participants to deliver the shocks via telephone?
65% to 20.5%
What does Milgram’s study support?
The view that obedience increases when in an agentic state and falls when in an autonomous state.
What did Milgram find in his study?
Participants were more likely to obey a researcher when it took place in a prestigious setting.
What was the obedience percentage in Yale University?
65%
What was the obedience percentage in a run-down office?
47.5%
What did Bickman find?
People obeyed 49% when in street clothes, but increased to 92% when he was dressed in a security guard’s uniform.
Why is Adorno’s explanation a dispositional explanation?
Obedience is caused by INTERNAL factors.
What is an ‘Authoritarian personality’?
A personality type susceptible to obeying people in authority.
Where did Adorno say the authoritarian personality is formed from?
Childhood due to harsh parenting.
What was the scale used to measure the components that make up an authoritarian personality?
The F-Scale (Fascism scale)
What correlation was found between those with an authoritarian personality and prejudice?
Strong positive correlation.
