Obedience•Changing behaviour in response or direct request by an authority figure. An individual changes their behaviour when given an order by an authority figure since it is understood that negative consequences will result if they do not obey.
Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 1989 A popular national movement led by student.The protests were forcibly suppressed after the government declared martial law. Government troops with assault rifles and tanks killed at least several hundreds of student demonstrators trying to block the military's advance towards Tiananmen Square .The vast number of deaths caused by orders passed on by the Chinese government to suppress the protests was obeyed by the soldiers through fear of their own death if they did not obey commands. The civilian death toll has been estimated at anywhere between the hundreds and thousands. |
Zimbardo 1971• Zimbardos Stanford prison experiment created the formation of two groups, the prison guards and the prisoners from a group of participants.
• Prison guards were given power and status through assigned roles, uniforms, handcuffs and bats. • Threat of severe punishment to the prisoners increased the obedience of the prisoners. • Conformity and group pressure from other prisoners also increased prisoners individual levels of obedience. Milgram 1963
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Factors that influence obedience:• Perceived degree of power:
How much power the individual actually possess influences how much obedience they obtain. ( president = Huge power) (Teacher = Some, not a lot ;) • Perceived degree of status: How much status the individual actually possess influences how much obedience they obtain. ( Celebrity = Vast status) (Local sport hero = Moderate status ) • Perceived degree of negative consequences of disobedience: Depending on the severity of negative consequence for disobedience determines how much obedience a individual can obtain. ( Death = Severe punishment) ( Scorned = Light punishment ) |
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