situational explanations

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what is the agentic state 
a mental state where we feel no personal responsibility for our behaviour because we believe ourselves to be acting for an authority figure.
what is an example of the agentic state 
Adolf Eichmann
how is Adolf Einchmann an example of the agentic state 
initial interest was sparked by the trial of AE in 1961
AE believed he was acting for someone else.
what is an autonomous state
a person in an autonomous state is free to behave according to their own principles and feels a sense of responsibility for their own actions
what is the agentic shift 
the shift from autonomy to agency
occurs when a person perceives someone else as an authority figure
what is the legitimacy of authority
An explanation for obedience which suggests that we are more likely to obey people who we perceive to have more authority over us
what are blinding factors
miligram observed that many of his participants said that they wanted to stop but seemed powerless to do so, he wondered why so many stayed in an agenții state

bf provide an explanation - aspects of a sistați on that allow the person to ignore or minimize the damaging affect of their behavior and thus reduce the moral strain they are feeling