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  2. Obedience - Wikipedia

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    Obedience, in human behavior, is a form of "social influence in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure". [1] Obedience is generally distinguished from compliance, which some authors define as behavior influenced by peers while others use it as a more general term for positive responses to another individual's request, [2] and from conformity, which is ...

  3. Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development - Wikipedia

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    An example of obedience and punishment driven morality would be a child refusing to do something because it is wrong and that the consequences could result in punishment. For example, a child's classmate tries to dare the child to skip school.

  4. Malicious compliance - Wikipedia

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    In U.S. law, this practice has been theorized as a form of uncivil obedience. [4] [5] Malicious compliance was common in the Soviet Union's command economy; examples are used in the studies of behavior, management, and economics to hypothetically show differences between the Soviet command economy and a free market. [6] [unreliable source?].

  5. Heinz dilemma - Wikipedia

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    Obedience It is only worth $200 and not how much the druggist wanted for it; Heinz had even offered to pay for it and was not stealing anything else. He will consequently be put in prison which will mean he is a bad person. Self-interest He will be much happier if he saves his wife, even if he has to serve a prison sentence.

  6. Social influence - Wikipedia

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    Obedience is a form of social influence that derives from an authority figure, based on order or command. [12] The Milgram experiment , Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment , and the Hofling hospital experiment are three particularly well-known experiments on obedience, and they all conclude that humans are surprisingly obedient in the ...

  7. Normative social influence - Wikipedia

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    Normative social influence is a type of social influence that leads to conformity.It is defined in social psychology as "...the influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them."

  8. Authoritarian personality - Wikipedia

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    The authoritarian personality is a personality type characterized by a disposition to treat authority figures with unquestioning obedience and respect.Conceptually, the term authoritarian personality originated from the writings of Erich Fromm, and usually is applied to people who exhibit a strict and oppressive personality towards their subordinates. [1]

  9. Authority bias - Wikipedia

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    Authority bias is the tendency to attribute greater accuracy to the opinion of an authority figure (unrelated to its content) and be more influenced by that opinion. [1] An individual is more influenced by the opinion of this authority figure, believing their views to be more credible, and hence place greater emphasis on the authority figure's viewpoint and are more likely to obey them.