Leftovers
13 important questions on Leftovers
What did Milgram's study on obedience to authority show?
Milgram says it has to do with a deep sense of duty to authority
Dong the same experiment, but now that the experimenter said that they could stop as soon as the actor participant screamed: the participant immediately stopped giving shocks
What are the dangers of blind obedience?
1. They know more than us
2. They control reward and punishment
Why do people follow orders without afterthought?
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Why is the appearance of authority enough to use the influence of the authority principle?
What are the three symbols that can create authority?
2. Clothes: for example police clothes
3. Trapping: outward signs, features or objects associated with a particular situation, role or job
What are two questions you should ask to decide if authority should be followed?
2. How truthful can we expect the expert to be? Assess trustworthiness of the situation (= sly sincerity)
What are the two types of authority?
2. A person who has authority: a person in a parking lot, wearing a vest has the authority to tell us where to park our car
What is said with 'shock the puppy' experiment?
--> Even when the participants saw that they were killing a dog, the power of authority had a bigger influence on them.
What does the taste preference on monkeys say?
What are indications of an expert?
- Titles: convey expertise an inspire deference
- Height: people with more status perceived as higher
- Clothes: police officer outfit
- High vs low authority
- High vs low status: we tend not to correct a people in a higher position or people of higher status
What is said with the 'drink no coffee' experiment
When was the hotel management school rule of the curtains respected?
What should you do when you introduce a rule in an organisation?
- start by showing that others in the organisation think that the rule is important
- showing a high compliance to the rule, specifically rule compliance by lower level personnel throughout the organisation
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