Explanations for obedience

• Explanations for obedience - Legitimacy of authority

  Accept power and status of authority figures.

  The authority they have is legitimate and agreed by society.

  We accept peoples credentials and believe they know what they are doing.

  It is ingrained in us to obey these people.

  Factors affecting LOA can be uniform and location - milgram
• Explanations for obedience - Agentic state

  People may move from a state where they take personal responsibility (autonomous state) to where they believe they are acting on behalf of someone else (agentic state).

  This is known as the agentic shift, lose a sense of personal responsibility and no longer feel guilty for their actions as carrying out others wishes.
• Explanations to obedience AO3

  :) RTS Milgram

  :) RTS Hofling

  :( RTC Mandel - Nazis

  :) Accounts for cultural differences