Social Influence- Agentic State AsExplanation For Obedience Flashcards
Social ingluence
Agentic state as explanation gor obedience
Outline agentic state
AS mental state ,no responsible for actions.belive actig for authority fig-agent.
Shifting responsibility on somone else =from autonomous(responsibility)to agentic =agentic shift.
Autonomy= free or independent, behave according to own principles n responsible
Social ingluence
Agentic state
Further support -hoffling
22 nurses asked to administer double dose drug had never heard of to patient (max dose stated on bottle)
Order made by doc had never met
21/22 fetched medication
Even though not aloud with doc signature
Social ingluence
Agentic state
Research support
Most participants resisted giving shocks at some point n often asked experimenter qs like who is responsible if MR Wallace is harmed ?
When experimenter responded “I am responsibel” participants went through with it with no further qs
Social ingluence
Agentic state as explanation gor obedience
AS or just cruel?
Limitation.other reasons y carry out cruel act.common belive that milgram detected signs of cruelty.used situation to show sadistic impulses.subsequetly given sustenance by Stanford prison exp.zimbDo.in few days guards changed rapid.inflicted cruelty on submissive prisoners.despite no authority.suggests some ppl,obedient behaviour due to desire to inflict pain.not valid.dont explain all.
Social influence agentic state
Binding factors
Milgram observed many of his participants n said they wanted to stop but felt powerless to do so
Factors like aspects that allow participants to ignore or stop damaging effect of behaviour to reduce mortal strain they feel
Eg shifting responsibility or deny they did damage
