http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDQ5UIgoQ_b7ize4h2008-09-25T06:16:50.628ZObedience Glossary of selected Judgement and Decision-making, Belief-related, and other Psychology termsGoogle Notebook1110http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDQ5UIgoQ_b7ize4h/NDQxLIgoQt7Tkze4h2006-11-15T03:46:32.119Z2008-09-25T06:16:50.628ZObedience
Obedience is an action in which an actor succumbs ...<div> </div>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">Obedience is an <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ0HIwoQ2_zfyPgh"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">action</font></span></a> in which an <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRQYIwoQ6eGejf8h"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">actor</font></span></a> succumbs to <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQRcIgoQ852jpf8h"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">external</font></span></a> pressures, to the explicit instructions of others, or to an authoritative figure, in general, </span><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#ee0000;font-family:Tahoma">people's obedience to the authority of others</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">. Actions taken as a result of such pressures being brought to bear include administering what is thought to be a <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ0HIwoQlI61wfEh"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">painful electric shock</font></span></a> to someone else.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">There are times when deference to authority is not only reasonable and </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRQYIwoQ88jkzvch"><span style="color:maroon"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">justified</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">, but is socially responsible and </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQtPIgoQr9iup_ch"><span style="color:maroon"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">adaptive</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> as well as practical, such as when we observe the give-way rule or stop sign or light in road traffic situations or heed the instruction of a fire warden to evacuate a building. However, at other times obedience is quite inappropriate and one might say, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQlbIgoQvvGUofgh"><span style="color:maroon"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">unethical</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">, for example, if we were to give in to the bullying of a jury foreperson and opt to convict a defendant in the face of a weak or problematic, and </span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:red;font-family:Verdana">‘</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">unproven</span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:red;font-family:Verdana">’</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> prosecution case in a criminal trial.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">(see also: <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ5UIgoQrYLKze4h"><span style="color:#cc0000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">Social influences</font></span></a><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">, </font><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDSBsIgoQn9mqpe4h"><span style="color:#cc0000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">False Consensus effect</font></span></a>)</span></p>
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