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Notes including strengths and weaknesses of social identity theory, obedience, Milgram’s variation studies, social impact theory

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Obedience
Obedience is when individual direct order
an
obeys a
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from a
legitimate authority
.
An
authority figure maybeforrecognised by their appearance
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what
i . e
they police
wear ,
of the
example , a uniform.
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famous
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politicians ·




Reasons for
obeying authority figures
:




↳believethewill maintaorder
ala
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Police to stop might lead
Example 1 telling you

:
to choos
the car·


Example 2
Mandatory Army
:

Enlisment
face consequence
before reaching (like arrest) for
a certain (eg 30 years
age : going against the low
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Forms of Compliance :


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we are sand to be
complying
(a submission made in response
with an
authority figure request/command/ instruction

, Conformity
to the
conformity isresponding groupofchanging your
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,


to the rest the
go along
behaviour with
group.
called
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Conformity
the
is sometimes
'majority
the
influence
behaviour of the
as individual is
following
majority·
A
Example : to grestaurant that they
person goes
doesn't like but because their
other friends are
they carry
it
along
insisting upon
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There also influence when few is
is
"minority group
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a

attempt to
change the behaviour of the
majority.
Compliance and internalisation are
types of conformity
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Internalisation :

internalising
about them
beliefs/having
.
conviction



Individuals and
society
legitimate authority figures
individualsfend toobeycompany
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, for
police if as ,
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of the country
president .
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Individuals bend to follow society : so cial norms
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* unwritten rules
people are expected to abide by for ,


example :


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help injured people (call an embulence).
for
give up your seat on
public transports an
elderly person .
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whispering in a
group.
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Taking Advantage of Obedient behaviour
Due to the socialisation
process , individuals take
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shortcuts and
obey individuals and society , however ,


this can be
exploited by fraudsters and scammers.

Example 1 : A man
pretending be to
parking lot officer
a

that the ticket machine is out of order
claimingshould be given to him
So
money
hand then
so that he on

out ticket (fake).
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parking

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2 a

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number
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Disobedience
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Disobedience is when an individual does not follow a

direct order from legitimate authorit
y
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When obedience on individual might express
resisting
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#dissent and/ or show deviance *

Dissent is the expression of with the group
*
action or a
disagreement
decision .
norms ,
group group
Deviance
· is the violation of
group norms .




Example : Efe is asked
she watches TV instead
by
her mother to wash the dishes but
.




Example : Kiran saysthat the standard of his groups's psychology
presentation is not enough good they should improve it
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so .
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