LEGITIMACY OF AUTHORITY

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Jasmine Singh

Cards (6)

  • WHAT ARE THE SITUATIONAL EXPLANTIONS OF OBEDIENCE?
    Legitimacy of authority and Agentic state
  • WHAT IS LEGITIMACY OF AUTHORITY?
    people will obey someone they perceive to be above them in social hierarchy and therefore think they have the right
  • WHY DO WE OBEY ACCORDING TO LEGITIMACY OF AUTHORITY?
    socialised to recognise people with legitimate authority
    -> society wouldn't function without presence of authority
  • EXAMPLE OF LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY FIGURES?
    police, teachers, bouncers
    -> all connected to institutions that grant them authority
  • RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR LEGITIMACY OF AUTHORITY?
    MILGRAM'S STUDY
    • man in no lab coat: 20% obeyed
    • man in lab coat: 65% obeyed
    BICKMAN'S REPLICATION
    • milkman, pedestrian and security guard
    • more likely to obey security guard due to uniform
  • CRITICAL POINTS FOR LEGITIMACY OF AUTHORITY RESEARCH?
    MILGRAM'S STUDY
    • does not explain why 20% obeyed a random man
    BICKMAN'S REPLICATION
    • 30% obeyed a random pedestrian
    • therefore may be more due to dispositional/ internal variables