obedience

• obedience

  • form of social influence, where individual follows direct orders
  • the person issuing orders is in position of authority and had the power the punish
• conformity vs obedience

  • c - indirect request to change our behaviour, o - direct request
  • c - request to change behaviour is from group, o - one person
  • c - person influencing has no authority and generally friends or family, o - higher status and has authority
  • c - person influencing acts the same as us, o - acts differently
  • c - seen as a negative action so don't admit to it, o - seen as positive action so don't mind admitting to it