PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pilot Experiment, Authoritarian Personality, Jean Meeus

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: ozzy mermut

Document Summary

To be able to outline and evaluate milgram"s agency theory / theory of. Learning outcomes: be able to outline (ao1) milgram"s agency theory, be able to apply (ao2) agency theory to different scenarios, be able to critically evaluate (ao3) milgram"s study into obedience. You can demonstrate progress by answering the exam question below: Outline the procedure of hofling et al"s (1966) study of obedience. People might feel a moral strain because they are acting against their moral values (1st mark). For example, participants in milgram"s 1963 study have shown great distress while obeying the orders (2nd mark). In contrast, people don"t usually feel moral strain in autonomous condition because they are acting on their moral values (3rd mark)/eq. In an agentic state we surrender our free will and conscience in order to serve the interests of the wider group whereas in the autonomous state we are free thinking and able to make our own decision/eq; (2 marks)