Obedience: Social-psychological factors
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- Obedience: Social-psychological factors
- Agentic state
- Agentic state occurs when we act on behalf of another person
- Milgram proposed that obedience to destructive authority occurs because a person becomes an 'agent', someone who acts for or in place of another
- In an agentic state a person feels no personal responsibility for their actions
- Milgram proposed that obedience to destructive authority occurs because a person becomes an 'agent', someone who acts for or in place of another
- The opposite of the agentic state is the autonomous state
- 'Autonomy' refers to be independent or free
- So a person in an autonomous state behaves according to their own principles and feels responsible for their own actions
- 'Autonomy' refers to be independent or free
- Agentic shift occurs when a person defers to the authority figure
- The shift from autonomy to being an 'agent' is called the agentic shift
- Milgram suggested that this occurs when we perceive someone else as an autonomy figure
- This person has power because of their position in a social heirarchy
- Milgram suggested that this occurs when we perceive someone else as an autonomy figure
- The shift from autonomy to being an 'agent' is called the agentic shift
- Binding factors reduce the 'moral strain' of obeying immoral orders
- Binding factors are aspects of a situation that allow the person to ignore or minimise the damaging effect of their behaviour and reduce the 'moral strain' they feel
- Milgram proposed a number of strategies the individual uses, such as shifting the responsibility to the victim or denying the damage they are doing to the victims
- Agentic state occurs when we act on behalf of another person
- Legitimate authority
- We obey people at the top of a social hierarchy
- Most societies are structured hierarchically - people in certain positions hold authority over the rest of us at times (e.g. teacher, nightclub bouncer, police officer)
- History shows charismatic leaders may use legitimate powers for destructive means
- We obey people at the top of a social hierarchy
- Agentic state
- We hand control of our behaviour over to authority figures due to trust and through upbringing
- One consequence of legitimate authority is that some are granted the power to punish others
- We give up some of our independence to people we trust to exercise their authority appropriately - we learned to accept authority during childhood from parents and teachers
- Legitimate authority
- We obey people at the top of a social hierarchy
- Most societies are structured hierarchically - people in certain positions hold authority over the rest of us at times (e.g. teacher, nightclub bouncer, police officer)
- History shows charismatic leaders may use legitimate powers for destructive means
- We obey people at the top of a social hierarchy
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