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2023-2025 Year 12 A-Level Psychology Social Influence: Explanations of Obedience - Agentic State and Legitimacy of Authority Part 2
This deck covers key concepts of obedience in psychology, focusing on agentic state and legitimacy of authority, with research examples from Milgram and Hofling.
When responsibility is passed to the authority figure, what does this remove from the individual?
they no longer feel guilty
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Definition
When responsibility is passed to the authority figure, what does this remove from the individual?
they no longer feel guilty
Why do people no longer feel guilty when they act on the behalf of an authority figure?
They see themselves as carrying out the wishes of someone more knowledgeable
Out of autonomous state and agentic state, which one is more likely to obey?
agentic state
If the legitimacy of authority is affected, what happens to the levels of obedience?
it reduces the level of obedience
If we perceive the authority figure as being legitimate, are we less likely or more likely to obey?
More likely to obey
We are more likely to obey if the authority figure is perceived as…?
legitimate
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
When responsibility is passed to the authority figure, what does this remove from the individual? | they no longer feel guilty |
Why do people no longer feel guilty when they act on the behalf of an authority figure? | They see themselves as carrying out the wishes of someone more knowledgeable |
Out of autonomous state and agentic state, which one is more likely to obey? | agentic state |
If the legitimacy of authority is affected, what happens to the levels of obedience? | it reduces the level of obedience |
If we perceive the authority figure as being legitimate, are we less likely or more likely to obey? | More likely to obey |
We are more likely to obey if the authority figure is perceived as…? | legitimate |
The more legitimate a person perceives the authority figure to be, the more likely the are to shift from an _ state to an __ state? | autonomous state to an agentic state |
We are more likely to shift from an autonomous state to an agentic state if the authority figure is perceived to be? | Legitimate |
AO3: Research to support an agentic state as an explanation of obedience was seen in Milgram's obedience study. Why? What did Milgram's participants ask the researcher? | ‘who is responsible if the learner is harmed?’ |
AO3: In Milgram's original research participants asked the experimenter ‘who is responsible if the learner is harmed’? Which explanation of obedience does this support? | Agentic state |
AO3: In Milgram's original research participants asked the experimenter ‘who is responsible if the learner is harmed’? Why does this support agentic state? | Participants obeyed the experimenter when they no longer believed they were responsible for their own actions (they were in an agentic state). |
AO3: Hofling's research on hospital nurses can be used as research to support or contradict legitimacy of authority as an explanation of obedience? | Research to support |
Whose research conducted on nurses supports legitimacy of authority as an explanation of obedience? | Hofling's |
Hofling's research conducted on nurses supports which explanation of obedience? | Legitimacy of authority |
AO3: Why did 21 out of 22 nurses agree to give a dangerous dose of medication to patients when given orders from a doctor over the phone? | They perceived the doctor as having more legitimate authority than them and therefore obeyed the order. |
AO3: How many of the 22 nurses agreed to give a dangerous dose of medication to patients when instructed to by a doctor over the phone? | 21 |
AO3: What did 21 out of 22 nurses agree to do in Hofling's research when given direct orders from a doctor over the phone? | Administer a dangerous dose of medication |
AO3: Can Hofling's research also support agentic state as an explanation of obedience? | Yes |
AO3: Why does Hofling's research also support agentic state as an explanation of obedience? | The nurses may been in an agentic state and may have felt that the doctor was responsible as the authority figure and so obeyed the order to administer the deadly dose of medication. |
AO3: The nurses may have felt that the doctor was responsible as the authority figure for their actions of administering a dangerous dose of medication. Which explanation of obedience would this support? | Agentic state |