Roles and Rules Flashcards
Define: norms(social)
-rules that regulate social life, including explicit laws and implicit cultural conventions
Define: roles
-a given social position that is governed by a set of norms for proper behavior
Social roles are shaped by…
-culture
In the obedience study, people were likely to disobey when…
- experimenter left room
- victim was right there in room
- two experimenters issued conflicting demands
- person ordering them to continue was an ordinary man
- participant worked with peers who refused to go farther
_________ concluded obedience was more of a function of _________ than personalities of the participants
- Milgram
- situation
______________ have no effect on likelihood of obedience.
-gender, age, education, ethnicity
What increases the willingness for obedience and to inflict pain upon others?
-narcissism, rigidity, hostility
Most people follow orders because…
- consequences of disobedience
- hope to gain advantages
- they expect to learn from authority
- they respect authority legitimacy
- they do not want to rock the boat
Define: entrapment
-a gradual process in which a person escalates their commitment to a course of action to justify their investment
