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Social: Why does Blind Obedience occur in a prison setting?
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Social: Why does Blind Obedience occur in a prison setting?
Describe
Example: Abu Ghraib, horrific acts of the US military
2004 - evidence found of Iraqi prisoners being the subject of torture and abuse by the US milirary at Abu Ghraib prison
corrupt and enjoyed making the prisoners suffer
soldiers argued, they were just doing as they were told; obeying authority for the purpose of interrogation
Explain
could be due to dispositional behaviour;
result of corrupt soldiers + their individual personalities
some soldiers did not participate in the aggressive behaviour, some even attempted to stop abuse
still in autonomous state: down to own strength of morals
Psychological theories that explain such horrific acts and obedience:
In and Out groups
increased hostility towards prisoners; soldiers - in group, prisoners - out group
predjudice and discrimination
keep groups self esteem high
leads to viloence
Social Identity theory
identified with the group; all wear the same uniform
allegiance to one another
deindividualised and feel less responsible for own actions
also, mere existence of another group creates rivalry
Sherif et al. Robbers Cave study
22 eleven 11year old boys split into two groups and even before competition, conflict arouse.
Behaviour was situational
carrying out actions influenced by each other, more likely to follow violent orders as the group encourages one another
Social Power
obedience due to the legitimate and coercive power the authority held
Blind Obedience
Agency theory
maintain a stable society - general tendency to obey those in authority
Autonomous
Agentic
though moral strain may show, individual gives up moral beliefs for the interests of the wider population
soldiers were obeying authority
Hofling et al.
21/22 nurses administered lethal dosage of astrogen
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