Agency theory

• What is the definition of obedience?

  Complying with demands of others
• What are examples of socialisation processes?

  >rewards in infancy

  >school years

  >unquestioning obedience in adulthood
• What is the agentic state?

  The state where we feel that it is a duty to follow orders by an authority figure. It causes mental strain.
• What is the autonomous state?

  Free to make own decisions and decide whether to obey or dissent.
• What is the process called when there is a shift from the agentic state to the autonomous state?

  Agentic shift