Obedience

• Obedience


  A type of social influence which causes a person to act in response to an order
• Obedience


  • The person who gives the order usually has authority and the power to punish if the order is not obeyed
• Conformity


  Implicit/explicit request to change behaviour
• Obedience


  Direct request to change behaviour
• Conformity


  Pressure to change behaviour is usually from a large group
• Obedience


  Pressure to change behaviour is usually from one person
• Shock Experiment - Milgram 


  P - Voluntary male university students were paired with another person (confederate) and each assigned leaner or teacher. Teacher was told to administer an electric shock every time the learner made a mistake, increasing the level of shock each time. If the participant refused to administer a shock the experimenter was to give a list of probes to ensure they continued

  F - All participants shocked up to 300V and 65% shocked all the way up to 450V