Obedience and Compliance

What is obedience?

• Disregarding an order, request, or law

• Following an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority

• Acting independently without considering any rules

• The act of questioning authority

Which of the following is NOT a type of obedience according to the slide?

• Conscious Obedience

• Unconscious Obedience

• Compliance

• Forced Obedience

What is conscious obedience?

• Ignoring orders from a higher authority.

• Following orders from a higher authority without understanding them.

• Following orders from a higher authority because you believe you have no choice.

• Disobeying orders because you believe they are incorrect.

Which of the following is an example of conscious obedience in the UPS?

• Making your bed

• Completing a drill under the orders of a superior

• Cleaning the barracks

• Shaving for your first shift

What is Unconscious Obedience (Compliance)?

• Disobeying a command because you do not want to follow it.

• Acting against a wish or command because you are forced to.

• Acting in accordance with a wish or command (spoken or unspoken) because you want to.

• Ignoring all commands and acting solely based on personal desires.

Which of the following are examples of unconscious obedience (compliance)?

• Getting to the canteen because Lily asks you to.

• Putting your lanyard on after being told to by Eli.

• Going to Hubbox with the lads on a Friday lunchtime.

• Handing Citizenship coursework work in by the deadline date.

Which of the following are factors that affect obedience?

• Influence

• Reward

• Fear

• Respect

What are the two categories of reward for obedience

• Medals

• Intrinsic

• Food

• Extrinsic

Which of the following is an example of an extrinsic reward?

• Pride

• Promotion

• Job Satisfaction

• Trust

Which of the following is considered an intrinsic reward?

• Pay rise

• Medals/Citations/Awards

• Pride

• Extended leave