The Factors that Affect Obedience
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What factors increase obedience? Which one of these factors has the greatest impact on obedience? Explain your answer.
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Obedience means doing what you are told. It must not be confused with compliance-which is succumbing to factors such as peer pressure, or conformity-which individuals use in order to fit the norm. Many factors affect obedience, such as society (i.e. legal, government, employment, and social norms), culture, and other factors such as peer pressure or religion. Consequently, the factors that increase obedience are:
- The legitimacy of the authority-We learn in society that we must respect authority for a variety of reasons, which include our respect or admiration for their position of power, our perception of their superiority over us, our beliefs that they know more than ...
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