social psychological factors:obedience Flashcards
1
Q
explain agentic state?
A
- people believing they are acting for someone else
- take no responsibility
- high anxiety
- feel powerless
2
Q
explain the autonomous state?
A
- acting on their own principles
- feel responsible
3
Q
explain the agentic shift?
A
- shift from autonomy to agentic
- perceives another person as a figure of authority
- person then has power = social hierarchy
4
Q
explain binding factors?
A
- allow person to ignore bad effects of behaviour
- reduces moral strain
- shifting responsibility /denying impacts
5
Q
explain legitimacy of authority?
A
- society structured in a hierarchical way
- some people do hold authority
- can punish other for wrong doings (police)
6
Q
explain destructive authority?
A
- when legitimate authority becomes destructive
- eg. hitler ordering people to behave in cruel ways
- milgrim and 4 prods
7
Q
what are the 3 explanation points?
A
- limited explanation
- good research support
- cultural differences
8
Q
evaluate how this is a limited explanation?
A
WEAKNESS
- agentic shift cannot explain why some pp’s didn’t obey
- means in variation with nurses they should have felt high anxiety (hoffling 21/22)
- agentic shift only explains SOME situations
9
Q
evaluate good research support?
A
STRENGTH
- a film of Milgrim’s study was shown to students
- identified experimenter as legitimate authority as he caused obedience
- said he was to blame not pp
- shows legit authority causes obedience
10
Q
evaluate cultural diference?
A
WEAKNESS
- countries differ in degrees of obedience
- replicated in Spain 90% went to 450V
- but when done in Australia only 16% went up to 450V
- some cultures accept authority more than others
