22 real nurses broke hospital rules by obeying authority. 95% were influenced to carry the orders
hofling
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40 males give shocks to learner 65% went all the way to 450v
milgram
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yale to offices 47.5% went to 450v
variation
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gave orders over phone 22.5% went up to 450v
variation
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orders by ordinary man 20% obeyed went up 450v
variation
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victim in same room 40% fully obeyed
variation
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if they had to press victim hand to a shock plate 30% obeyed
variation
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Theory to explain obedience. 2 states autonomous, agentic. moral strain.
agency theory
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mental condition Free will, you are responsible for your own actions, you do not obey authority free to act as you wish.
autonomous state
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mental condition no free will it is surrendered , you are a gent of those in authority, you obey no matter the task, conscience is suppressed. We learn to obey from a young age
agentic state
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what happens when we obey and go against our own conscience, doing something we know to be wrong we go through defence mechanisms like denial and show signs of distress.
moral strain
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replica of milgram study 70% 150v/82.5% milgram variation 5
burger
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Closer you are to authority figure more likely to obey
proxmity
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Location can affect obedience. Milgram's variations showed it in experiment 10
location
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Wearing a uniform can affect obedience levels. wearing a police uniform compared to a cleaner's uniform
power of uniform
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Reasonable to unreasonable, 15v to 450v. P's obeyed because it was hard for them to notice when it went from reasonable to unreasonable
graduated commitment
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Milgram's experiment a wall acted as it so p's not fully aware of what was happening
buffers
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Reassuring the p's made them obey more
prompts
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Rigid beliefs, general hostility, intolerance of ambiguity, submissive towards authority figures
personality
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Harsh disciplining parents. Love/hate relationship, resentment or hatred repressed displaced onto weaker members of society. Scared of parents
authoritarian personality
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Large cultural diff. non-western cultures powerful authority figures religious, military leaders
culture
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Presence of other rebels. Exposing people to actions of disobedient models helps them resist authority
disobedient models
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Can occur when we want to protect our freedom 'boomerang effect'
reactance
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People who take responsibility stay in autonomous state. Past experience
feeling responsibility
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People feel more able to resist instructions to obey
perceived level of authority
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Peoples own views may be very important
individual differences
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40 males give shocks to learner 65% went all the way to 450v
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