Obedience Social Psychological Factors Flashcards
1
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Agentic state
A
Where you feel no personal responsibility as were acting under an authority figure
2
Q
Autonomous state
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When you are independent of free so feel responsible for your actions
3
Q
Binding factors
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Allows individuals to ignore damaging effects of obedient behaviour
4
Q
Legitimacy of authority
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Some have power to punish others created by hierarchal nature of society
5
Q
Destructive authority
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Hitler
6
Q
Evidence for legitimate authority
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Blass and Schmitt found people blame legitimate authority for participants behaviour
7
Q
Limited explanation
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It doesn’t explain why some didn’t obey milgram
8
Q
Cultural differences
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Explains obedience in other cultures as there’s different social hierarchies
