Explanations of Obedience Flashcards by Shuruthy Thayalan | Brainscape

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What is the Agentic State?

- It is a situational explanation of obedience - Milgram argued that people can obey horrific orders not because of dispositional factors, but because of the situation they are in.
- People following orders go from an autonomous state into an agentic state - this is called the agentic shift.
- In autonomic state, an individual is aware of the consequences of their actions and make decisions knowing they'll be held accountable.
- In agentic state, an individual sees themselves as under the authority and often carry out an order w/o questions.

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