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6 results for "obedience"

T_4_10 Verified Psychology & Social

T_4_10 — Conformity and Obedience: Asch, Milgram, and the Social Psychology of Compliance

The study of conformity (adjusting one's behavior or beliefs to match a group) and obedience (following directives from an authority figure) produced some of the most famous — and disturbing — experiments in the history

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ZC_1_01 Social Science

ZC_1_01 — Social Psychology — Conformity, Obedience, and Group Dynamics

Social psychology examines how individuals think, feel, and behave in social contexts. Landmark experiments by Milgram (obedience to authority), Asch (conformity to majority opinion), and Zimbardo (situational power of r

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ZE_5_05 Verified Ethics & Applied Philosophy

ZE_5_05 — Ethics of Civil Disobedience: Thoreau, Gandhi, King, and Nonviolent Resistance

Civil disobedience — the deliberate, public, nonviolent violation of law undertaken to protest injustice and appeal to the moral conscience of the community — occupies a distinctive position in political ethics. It is no

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ZE_4_11 Verified Ethics & Applied Philosophy

ZE_4_11 — Philosophy of Resistance: Civil Disobedience and Dissent

The philosophy of resistance — the ethical, political, and practical dimensions of civil disobedience, conscientious objection, nonviolent direct action, and revolutionary dissent — addresses one of the most fundamental

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T_4_09 Verified Psychology & Social

T_4_09 — Psychology of Power and Authority

The psychology of power and authority examines how social hierarchy, dominance, obedience, and institutional authority shape human behavior. Two landmark experiments defined the field: Stanley Milgram's obedience studies

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T_4_00 Psychology & Social

T_4_00 — Social Group: Subfolder Summary