Agency Theory Description and Evaluation
Pretty much everything you need to know about Agency Theory to descibe, evaluate or use as evidence!
- Created by: Xanthe
- Created on: 06-12-13 10:43
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- Agency Theory
- Desciption
- Agentic State
- Will obey orders without taking responsibiliy. Can be destructive or self-destructive
- Autonomous State
- Act according to moral compass, take responsibility. To point of disobeying orders
- Agentic Shift
- The change from autonomous to agnetic state (vice versa)
- Legitimate Authority
- Figure of authority to agent, cause of obedience
- Moral Strain
- Physical signs of distress when acting against morals
- Responsibility
- If responsibily removed (eg onto LA) then obedience is higher
- Evolution
- Milgram believes heirarchy developed from group survivial
- Agentic State
- Strengths
- Supporting Studies
- Milgram
- Meeus and Raaijmaker
- Evidence
- My Lai, Abu Ghraib
- Application
- Military, court
- Supporting Studies
- Weakness
- Opposing theories
- French and Raven Social Power Theory
- Critisms of studies
- Doesn't explain
- WHY so autonomous and some agentic
- Opposing theories
- Desciption
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