Explanations for obedience

According to Milgram, there are two states:

• Autonomous state

• Agentic state

• Authority state

• Argumentative state

The (a)   state refers to when people see themselves as behaving voluntarily and are aware of the consequences of their own actions.

The (a)   state refers to when people see themselves as acting on behalf of an authority figure and diffuse any responsibility for their actions onto the authority figure.

People in the autonomous state are less likely to obey unjust orders because they feel r (a)   for their actions.

In which state are people more likely to obey orders?

• Autonomous state

• Agentic state

When in the agentic state people diffuse the responsibility of their actions onto:

• Themselves

• Their parents

• The authority figure providing the order

People in an agentic state diffuse responsibility onto an authority figure because they have a higher position in a social h (a)   .

When in the agentic state, people may obey orders that go against their morals because they do not see themselves as (a)   for their behaviour.

(a)   of authority refers to when people obey authority figures because society agrees they should have power over others.

According to legitimacy of authority, s (a)   is structured in a hierarchical way.