PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stanley Milgram, Adolf Eichmann
23 Apr 2015
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An introduction to the social approach and the idea of obedience. The social approach is the study of how our behaviour is influenced by the presence, attitudes and actions of other people. It considers how individuals interact with each other, and how behaviour may be influenced by group membership and by social situation, and includes our wider culture. To obey someone means to follow direct orders from an individual more often than not in a position of authority. The term destructive obedience refers to the idea of an individual following the orders which they consider to be immoral, which will cause them a lot of distress and regret. Taking the example of the holocaust further, think of adolf eichmann. He was the officer probably most responsible for what happened during the holocaust, and he always said that he only did what he did because he was carrying out orders.
