Background

Cards (33)

  • What are the two perspectives on obedience mentioned in the text?
    Positive and negative behaviour
  • How can obedience be helpful according to the text?
    It helps adhere to laws and norms
  • What are the two perspectives on obedience mentioned in the text?
    Positive and negative behaviour
  • How can obedience be helpful in certain situations?
    It helps protect oneself and avoid trouble
  • What is a positive form of obedience mentioned?
    Obeying a police officer
  • What is destructive obedience?
    Obeying authority to harm others
  • What is a positive form of obedience?
    Obeying a police officer
  • Who noted the history of crimes committed in the name of obedience?
    C.P Snow
  • What can negative obedience lead to?
    Destructive actions like harming others
  • What historical example illustrates destructive obedience?
    The Holocaust
  • What does C.P Snow suggest about obedience and rebellion?
    More crimes are committed in obedience
  • How many innocent people were killed during the Holocaust?
    Six million
  • What historical event is cited as an example of destructive obedience?
    The Holocaust
  • Who was primarily responsible for the Holocaust?
    The Nazis under Hitler's regime
  • How many innocent people were killed during the Holocaust?
    Six million
  • Who were some of the victims of the Holocaust?
    Jewish people, disabled, Romani, homosexuals
  • What groups were targeted during the Holocaust?
    Jewish people, disabled, Romani, homosexuals
  • What did many Nazis claim regarding their actions during the Holocaust?
    They were just following orders
  • What justification did many Nazis give for their actions?
    They were following orders
  • What hypothesis explains Germans' obedience during the Holocaust?
    The Germans are different hypothesis
  • What does the "Germans are different" hypothesis suggest?
    Germans have a character defect for obedience
  • What does the Germans are different hypothesis suggest?
    Germans have a character defect for obedience
  • What type of attribution is the "Germans are different" hypothesis?
    Dispositional attribution
  • What type of attribution is the Germans are different hypothesis?
    Dispositional attribution
  • What was Milgram's study attempting to test?
    The "Germans are different" hypothesis
  • What was Milgram's study attempting to test?
    The Germans are different hypothesis
  • What did Milgram argue about authority figures?
    They can lead people to commit atrocities
  • What type of attribution does Milgram's argument represent?
    Situational attribution
  • What did Milgram argue about authority figures?
    They can lead people to commit atrocities
  • What type of attribution does Milgram's argument represent?
    Situational attribution
  • Who carried out the Rwandan Genocide?
    Rwandan army, police, militias, civilians
  • What does the Rwandan Genocide illustrate about obedience?
    It shows obedience can lead to mass violence
  • How does the concept of obedience relate to historical events like the Holocaust and Rwandan Genocide?
    Both involved following orders to commit atrocities