PSYCO241 Lecture 6: 1-6-agency-theory.pdf
23 Apr 2015
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The agency theory of obedience as proposed by milgram (1973, 1974) In milgram"s studies of obedience, participants who obeyed to the end tended to say that they were only doing what. They said that they knew what they were doing was wrong. The participants felt that following the order was immoral, but they felt unable to disobey. Moral strain arises when people become that following the order was immoral, but they felt unable to disobey. The participants felt moral strain, in that they were aware. In the milgram study, all the participants obeyed until the shock level reached. It was as if, having simply agreed to take part, they were in an. It was as if, having simply agreed to take part, they were in an agentic state state. This meant that they were the agents of the experimenter and so obeyed. This meant that they were the agents of the experimenter and so obeyed his orders.
