AO3 Legitimacy of Authority

• P - Lots of research to support

  E - Blass (2001) students blamed the experimenter rather than the participants in Milgram's study

  C - Students indicated that responsibility lied with Mr Wallace due to legitimate authority + he was also an expert
• P - Lots of evidence to support

  E - Hofling (titles and settings matter) 21/22 obeyed a Bickman (uniform matter) - twice likely to obey security

  C - Theory is limited - ignoring situational variables e.g. proximity + location