Social-psychological explanations for obedience

Cards (3)

  • Supporting evidence
    Blass and Schmitt (2001)- found when ppts were asked who was to blame in Milgram's study they said that the experimenter was to blame.
  • Practical application
    My Lai Massacre- can explain why the soldiers were willing to orders to kill 400 people.
  • Limited explanation
    The agentic shift doesn't explain why some people do not obey.