Socio-psych variables affecting obedience

Question 1

Agentic state

Answer 1

Becoming an agent for an authority figure
No personal responsibility
Shifts from autonomous state to agentic
Do this because they want to obey authority because of their higher social heirarchy
Binding factors are put in place to minimise own personal moral damage

Question 2

AO3 for agentic state

Answer 2

Staub

Zimbardo

Question 3

Staub said

Answer 3

Nazi war criminals had got used to evil acts by gradual commitment
Asked to perform harmless task - then escalates

Question 4

Zimbardo said

Answer 4

In Stanford Prison experiment found examples of agentic state
Tapped into inner sadistic behaviour
Concluded we all have evil inside

Question 5

Legitimate authority

Answer 5

Societies are structured heirarchically
Legit authority from societal agreement - police officers
Accept in childhood

Question 6

A03 for legit authority

Answer 6

Explains real life

Tarnow

Question 7

Explains real life

Who said what

Answer 7

Kelman and Hamilton suggest My Lai massacre explained this way

Question 8

Tarnow

Answer 8

Voice recordings of aviation accidents
Dependence on captains expertise and authority
Blame for 19/37 accidents

Question 9

Other AO3

Answer 9

Varies between cultures
In Milgrams
16% Aussies went to 450V
85% of Germans went to 450V