AGENTIC STATE

• WHAT IS AGENTIC STATE?

  acting as an agent of another person/ a mindset that allows us to carry out orders from an authority figure
• WHEN DOES AGENTIC STATE OCCUR?

  when in hierarchy as it makes people want to associate with the authority figure

  -> causing an agentic shift

  -> become an agent (autonomous -> dependent)
• EXAMPLES OF AGENTIC SHIFT?

  soldiers, police
• RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR AGENTIC STATE?

  MILGRAM

  • 21% reached 450V over the phone
  • 92.5% reached 450V while a confederate pushed the switch
• CRITICAL POINTS FOR AGENTIC STATE?

  • does not explain why Nazis killed people when their authority figures weren't around
  • suggests dispositional factors play a greater role than stated