Resisting Social Pressure

Question 1

Responsibility for our own actions

Answer 1

Taking away authority figure and reminding participant they are responsible for their own actions

Move them from agentic state to autonomous
Make them think more of their emotions

Takes away authority figure to regard own actions

Question 2

Disobedient role models

Answer 2

Disobedient individuals show others questioning commands is appropriate

Shows what kind of behaviour occurs when disobedience takes places

Disobedient role models makes following easier

Question 3

Questioning motives

Answer 3

Questioning motives of authority figure to find purpose if actions you are asked to carry out

Doing so finds out if motives are socially beneficial or harmful

Question 4

Moral Reasoning

Answer 4

Pre-conventional: judging morality by its direct consequences (will I get caught?)
Conventional: understanding norms and conventions needed to maintain a stable society
Post-conventional: basing morals on humanitarian approach, more advanced to moral codes showed high levels of disobedience

Question 5

Rebellion in groups

Answer 5

Gamson et al (1982) found:
97% of groups will show dissent
50% of groups will completely rebel to unfair requests from authority

..if they are given time to express and discuss their dissent