agentic state

Legitimacy of authority

An individuals authority is justified by the position they hold in the social hierarchy , obedience is likely if the order is from above you

Social hierarchies

Societies are structured in a hierarchal way, people in higher positions have more authority over people lower than them

Agentic state

A mental state where we feel no responsibility for our own actions, we believe we are agents of the authority figure. Frees people from demands on their conscience

Autonomous state

We are free to behave as we choose, according to our own principles, we feel responsible for our own actions

Agentic shift

Cognitive shift from autonomous state to the agentic state - occurs when given an order by someone higher in the heirarchy.

Binding factors

aspects of social situations that make disobedience difficult e.g factors which keep people in the agentic state