Explanations for Obedience

• What is legitimacy of authority as an explanation for Obedience?

  One explanation is legitimacy of authority. Legitimacy of authority is communicated through visible symbols such as uniforms, as well as location contributing to the level of legitimacy of authority.
• What are the two explanations for obedience?

  Agentic state and Legitimacy of authority
• What is the agentic state as an explanation for authority?

  The agentic state is a mental state in which the individual sees themselves as acting as the agent of an authority figure. With this, the individual does not feel any guilt or responsibility for their behaviour as they directs it towards the authority figure. The autonomous state occurs when an individual acts on their own principles. An agentic shift is the transition from autonomous state to an agentic state