social influence ; obedience ; social-psych factors

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AGENTIC STATE
SDIOGND
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what trial initially sparked milgram's interest in obedience?
adolf eichmann trial 61 war crimes charged w/ nazi death camps
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what was his defence?
just following orders
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what did this lead milgram to propse about obedience to destructive authority figures?
occurs bc person doesn't take responsibility
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instead believe what?
acting for someone else e.g an 'agent'
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therefore what is agentic state?
feeling that you're doing another's bidding, ur just the vessel for their implementations
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what is the term for the high anxiety these agents feel?
moral strain
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why?
know what they're doing is wrong but feel powerless to disobey
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- autonomous state
dfignd
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what is the autonomous state the opposite of?
agentic state
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what does autonomy mean?
independent / free
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so person in autonomous state?
free to act / behave according to own principles
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therefore feel what for actions?
sense responsibility
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what is the shift from autonomy to agency called?
agentic shift
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when did milgram suggest this occurs?
when person perceives someone else as figure of authority
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other person has greater power because of their position in?
social hierarcy
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in most social groups when one person is in charge what happens?
others defer to this person and undergo agentic shift
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- binding factors
sdigondg
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what question did milgram then raise?
why does individual remain in agentic state
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what did milgram observe about many pps words + actions?
spoke as if wanted to quit but seemed unable to
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what was the term milgram gave to the answer to this?
binding factors
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what are binding factors?
aspects of the situation that allow person to ignore / minimise damaging effect of behavior
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therefore reducing what?
'moral strain'
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as a strategy who did milgram suggest they could shift responsibility to?
victim
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or do what with damage they were doing?
deny it
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EVALUATION OF AGENTIC STATE
DFOGND
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:) research support
dfigndfg
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who did blass and schmitt show film of study to?
students
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and asked them to do what?
identify who they felt was responsible for harm to learner
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who did students blame?
experimenter
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the students also indicated responsibility was due to which two types of authority?
legitimate authority / expert authority
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how does this support the agentic explanation?
recognised legit authority as cause obedience
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:( limited explanation
dfignd
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which participants can this theory not account for?
those that didnt obey
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this also cannot account for hoflings study of who?
nurses
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because what did nurses not express as handed over responsibility to doctors?
moral strain
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what does this suggest about agentic shift at best?
can only account for some situations of obedience (not valid across all situations)
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LEGITIMACY OF AUTHORITY
DGUHDFGN
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most societies structured hierarchically meaning what?
people in certain positions hold authority over rest of us
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in what sense is authority theu weild legitimate?
agreed upon by society
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why do most of us accept that auth figures have to be allowed to exercise social power?
allows society to function smoothly
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however. what is a consequence of this legitimacy of authority?
some people granted power to punish others
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most of us accept that police and courts have power to?
punish wrongdoers
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so what are we willing to hand over to people we trust to exercise authority?
independence and behaviour
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we learn this acceptance of legitimate authority when and from who?
in childhood from parents and other adults
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- destructive authority
dfifgndg
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when do problems with legitimate authority arise?
when that is destructive
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some historical examples be like?
hitler / mussolini / stalin
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how was destructive authority shown in milgram's study?
when experimenter uses prods to make pp behave in ways against conscience
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EVALUATION
DFIGD
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:) cultural differences
sdgind
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legitimacy of auth is a useful account of what in obedience?
cultural differences
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many studies show countries differ in degrees of what?
extent of traditional obedience to authority
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where did kilham and mann replicate the procedure?
australia
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and foun only what % pps went all way?
16%
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on other had what % of germans did mantell find did?
85%
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what does this show about acceptance of authority in different cutlures?
some authority seem more likely to be accepted legit and entitled demand obedience
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what does this reflect about different societies?
structures / upbringings
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supportive cross-cultural research increases what about this explanation?
validity
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:) real life obedience crimes
dfignd
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can help explain real life war crimes such as what in vietnam?
my lai massacre
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which can be understood in terms of what?
us army power hierarchy
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