obedience a01 Flashcards
how many expalantions of obedience are there?
4 explanation
-3 and 1 dispositional
what are the 3 explanations?
-situatuonal variables
-agentic state
-legitimacy of authority
what is the dispositonal explantion?
authoritarian personality
what
explain milgrims agentic state
-person shifts responsibilty to authliritve fugure
-shifts from autonomous state ti agentic state
-reduces moral strain once reponsibitly is shifted
explain milgrims legitimacty of authoruity
-people learn at a young age to obey someone higher in authority
-people more likely to obey orders if they are from someone bhigher in the social hierachy
-becuase they see thme as legitimate
explain milgrims situatuinal variables
how likley someone is to obey orders based on roximity of authortuy figurre,proximity of victim locatoon and unifrom