In:
Social Psychology, Hogrefe Publishing Group, Vol. 46, No. 6 ( 2015-11), p. 345-351
Abstract:
Abstract. Studies on obedience to authority highlight the power of the situation by showing how an experimental setting can trap participants and force them to commit acts contrary to their values ( Bocchiaro & Zimbardo, 2010 ). The source of obedience has generally been represented by an institutional scientific authority. In the present experiment, we tested a more widespread form of authority: a managerial authority implemented in the form of an administrative violence paradigm ( Meeus & Raaijmakers, 1986 ). Specifically, we compared two forms of authority: obedience to authority as manipulated by Meeus and Raaijmakers (1986) , where the requests are made in an authoritarian manner, and compliance without pressure, where the participant is told that he is free to do what is requested ( Enzle & Harvey, 1982 ). The results illustrate that a substantial level of obedience can be elicited even in the absence of explicit authoritarian pressure.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1864-9335
,
2151-2590
DOI:
10.1027/1864-9335/a000251
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Publication Date:
2015
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2404430-1
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2404438-6
SSG:
2,1
SSG:
5,2
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