social-psychological factors Flashcards
What is agentic state?
a mental state were a person feels no responsibility for their actions and is instead a agent
What is the autonomous state?
a mental state were a person feels they are acting of their own free will and are responsible for their action
What s the agentic shift?
a change from agentic to autonomous state
what are binding factors?
aspects of a situation that allow a person the ignore the damaging effect of their behavior and reduce their moral strain
how did Blass and Scott identify agentic state?
they had students watch Milgram’s experiment and identify who was to blame, student put blame on the experimenter
What does agentic state not explain?
it dose not explain why some participants did not obey as if we followed the hierarchy the would have all obeyed
what are the real-life applications?
it helps us explain how obedience can lead to war crimes
What results did Mandel find when replication Milgram’s experiment in Germany?
85% went to maximum voltage
What results did Rilham and Mann find when replicating Milgram’s experiment is Australia?
only 16% went up to full voltage
What did the cross-cultural replications support?
the idea that in different countries the legitimacy of authority is accepted to different degrees causing different levels of obedience
What is the obedience alibi and how does it relate to agentic state?
the obedience alibi is giving evil acts the alibi of only following orders as they are agents of a legitimate authority