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On the dynamics of disobedience: experimental investigations of defying unjust authority.
Piero BocchiaroPhilip G. Zimbardosubject
unjust authoritydefiancemedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesAuthoritarianismOpposition (politics)050109 social psychologyBounded rationalityObedienceInjusticedisobediencePsychiatry and Mental healthPsychology Research and Behavior ManagementPolitical science0502 economics and business0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesobedience050207 economicsGeneral Psychologymedia_commonLaw and economicsOriginal Researchdescription
Across six Experimental conditions with university student participants (N=600), we examined some of the dynamics underlying expressed defiance to unjust authority. Results revealed disobedience was best enacted by participants low in right-wing authoritarianism and was more likely to occur when: 1) in physical proximity of other rebels, 2) the authority made two demanding requests instead of one, and 3) there had been an earlier opposition to injustice. Results are discussed within the theoretical framework of bounded rationality.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-13 | Psychology research and behavior management |