Obedience to Authority No human social organization can function without some degree of obedience to authority‚ as the alternative would be anarchy leading to total chaos. Hence we find some sort of a hierarchy in both the most underdeveloped and the most civilized societies where certain individuals exercise authority over others. Almost everyone will agree that some degree of authority in certain individuals or groups (and their obedience by other groups) is desirable for the proper
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Conformity and Obedience Task: outline and evaluate findings from conformity and obedience research and consider explanations for conformity (and non-conformity)‚ as well as evaluating Milgram’s studies of obedience (including ethical issues). The following essay will be about understanding what is meant by and distinguishing the differences between the terms conformity and obedience. It will show the evaluation of two key psychological studies which seek to explain why people do and do not conform
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CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE * CONFORMITY * A change in behavior or belief as the result of real or imagined group pressure. – Meyer * is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group. * can also be simply defined as “yielding to group pressures”. * is often used to indicate an agreement to the majority position‚ brought about either by * a desire to ‘fit in’ * or be liked (normative) * or because of a
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In Chapter 1 of Kouzes& Posner’s The Leadership Challenge we are introduced to their “Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership”. These five tips actually make up one theory which was established after research on various leaders. The practices basically break down what leaders must commit to in order to relate to their workers‚ build relationships with them‚ increase the morale and productivity of the company‚ and essentially keep the company moving towards its goal . The chapter also‚ well in essence
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The Bait-al-taa or House of Obedience is a provision in Islam law which gives husbands the right to demand obedience from their wives. If a woman leaves her husband’s home without his permission he has the right to force her to come back. The husband can claim “nushaz” or disobedience and order her to come back with a qadi (judgement.) Once the woman returns she stays either at her husband’s home or in another living area (House of Obedience) which provides the woman with essential necessities. Divorce
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Obedience is the act of practicing obeying; dutiful or submissive compliance. Humans have an instinct to obey because of the role authority plays. Milgram’s research proves my point in his case study that involved shocks of voltage. From birth‚ we learn that everything has a consequence or punishment after an action. Children learn simple philosophies in their youngest age such as obeying their parent’s requests. Something as simple as eating vegetables has a consequence. A reward gives the child
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In this article "The Pearls of Obedience"‚ Stanley Milgram asserts that obedience to authority is a common response for many people in today’s society‚ often diminishing an individuals beliefs or ideals. Stanley Milgram designs an experiment to understand how strong a person’s tendency to obey authority is‚ even though it is amoral or destructive. Stanley Milgram bases his experiment on three people: a learner‚ teacher‚ and experimenter. The experimenter is simply an overseer of the experiment
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conducted the Behavioral study of obedience experiment. Milgram conducted this experiment to measure the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure instructing them to perform acts that conflicted with their moral view of right and wrong. The participants in the Milgram experiment were 40 men recruited using newspaper ads. The researchers hoped that the level of shock that the participants were willing to deliver would be used as the measure of obedience. Milgram developed an intimidating
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In Fromm essay” Disobedience as a psychological and moral problem”‚ he discusses and compares the different kinds of obedience and disobedience‚ and how they can have a positive or negative impact on the human society. There are many physiological comforts to obedience. For example‚ when a person obeys the law‚ or is obedient to their superior it leaves them with a feeling of accomplishment. They feel as though they have succeeded in their said job‚ therefore they are accepted within society. Some
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None of the above. 3. Dorothy purchased a certificate of deposit for $10‚000 on January 1‚ 2007. The certificate’s maturity value in two years (December 31‚ 2008) is $10‚816‚ yielding 4% before-tax interest. a. Dorothy must recognize $400 (.04 $10‚000) gross income in 2007. b. Dorothy must recognize $816 gross income in 2008. c. Dorothy must recognize $816 gross income in 2007. d. Dorothy must recognize $408 ($816/2) gross income in 2007 and 2008. e. None of the above. 4. With respect to the
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