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"Psychologists have argued that much research into obedience tells us little about events in the real world" To what extend can finding from obedience research be applied beyond the research setting?
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"Psychologists have argued that much research into obedience tells us little about events in the real world" To what extend can finding from obedience research be applied beyond the research setting? Obedience is compliance with an order issued by an authority figure. Obedience is not as general as conformity, it is related to specific instruction from another person. Obedience refers to a type of social influence whereby somebody acts in response to a direct order from another person. There is also the implication that the person receiving the order is made to respond in a way that they would not otherwise have done without the order. Milgram (1963) proposed the agentic theory why people obey, "When we act as the agent of someone in authority we find it easy to deny personal responsibility for our actions." Basically he is saying we just follow orders or we are just doing out job. Obedience...
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