Obedience, social and psychological factors

Question 1

Agentic state meaning

Answer 1

Mental state will be feel no personal responsibility for our behaviour because we believe we are acting for authority figure

Question 2

What does a agentic state allow us to do

Answer 2

allows us to obey even to a destructive authority figure and frees us from the demands of a conscience

Question 3

what is the opposite from agentic state and what does it mean

Answer 3

autonomous state this is where a person is free to behave according to their own principles so they have full responsibility over their actions

Question 4

what is the shift from an autonomous to an agentic state called

Answer 4

Agentic shift

Question 5

binding factors

Answer 5

A person remains in agentic state due to binding factors this is where aspects of the situation allows a person to ignore the damaging effects of the behaviour thus reducing ‘moral strain’

Question 6

Legitimacy of authority meaning

Answer 6

explanation for obedience which suggest we are more likely to obey people who we perceive to have authority over us this is justified by a persons position of power within a social hierarchy

Question 7

What age do you learn to accept the legitimacy of authority

Answer 7

In childhood for example from parents

Question 8

What are one of the consequences to legitimacy of authority

Answer 8

some people are granted the power to punish others such as the police, this can become a problem if a person uses the legitimate powers for destructive purposes