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2023-2025 Year 12 A-Level Psychology Social Influence: Explanations of Obedience - Agentic State and Legitimacy of Authority Part 1
This deck covers key concepts related to the explanations of obedience, focusing on the agentic state and legitimacy of authority.
What are the two explanations of obedience?
Legitimacy of authority and Agentic State
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Term
Definition
What are the two explanations of obedience?
Legitimacy of authority and Agentic State
legitimacy of authority and agentic state are examples of what
explanations of obedience
What is meant by legitimacy?
Whether we accept something to be true
What is meant by Legitmacy of authority?
whether we accept the power and status of authority figures to be true
What is an authority figure?
someone we believe/perceive to have power
Give an example of an authority figure
parent, teacher, police officers
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
What are the two explanations of obedience? | Legitimacy of authority and Agentic State |
legitimacy of authority and agentic state are examples of what | explanations of obedience |
What is meant by legitimacy? | Whether we accept something to be true |
What is meant by Legitmacy of authority? | whether we accept the power and status of authority figures to be true |
What is an authority figure? | someone we believe/perceive to have power |
Give an example of an authority figure | parent, teacher, police officers |
Who determines the power and status of authority figures? | Society |
What does society determine in relation to authority figures? | their power and status |
When we see someone as being a legitimate authority figure what do we accept? | Their credentials and believe they know what they are doing |
What is ingrained in us from an early age when in the presence of an authority figure? | To Obey |
How do we know we need to obey authority figure? | it is ingrained in us from an early age. |
What is ingrained in us from an early age? | To obey authority figures. |
How do we know we are in the presence of an authority figure? | If the authority figure is wearing a uniform or is located in a prestigious location |
What can affect the legitimacy of an authority figure? | whether they are wearing a uniform and the location they are in |
When we change the location or the uniform of the authority figure, why does our perception of authority change? | location and uniform act as a visual cue for authority, we may no longer see them as having power and status if they are not wearing uniform or they are not in a prestigious location. |
What is meant by agentic state? | a state of mind where we remove responsibility from our selves to an authority figure |
What is meant by being ‘an agent of others’? | you act on behalf of an authority figure |
What do we call the state in which we believe we are responsible for our own actions? | Autonomous state |
What is meant by an autonomous state? | where we believe we are responsible for our own actions |
What do we call the process of moving from an autonomous state to an agentic state? | agentic shift |
What is an agentic shift? | Where we move from our autonomous state to an agentic state |
What is a famous example of agentic state? | Nazi Soldiers in World War 2 |
When does agentic shift occur? | when someone perceives somebody as an authority figure |
agentic state: What determines whether we see someone as being an authority figure? | seeing if they have a higher position in a social hierarchy |