agentic state

• agentic state


  people acting as an agent (representative) of someone in authority.
• autonomous state


  free to behave according to their own principles and feels a sense f responsibility for their own actions.
• agentic shift


  the shift from the autonomous and agentic state that occurs when we perceive someone to be a legitimate source of authority.

  allowing them to control our behaviour.
• binding factors


  people remaining in the agentic state because they dont want to deal with the hassle of overcoming the situation - and the consequences.
• legitimacy of authority


  suggests we are more likely to obey people who we perceive to have authority over us.

  authority justified by the individuals position of power within social hierarchy.