Obedient and Compliant Behaviour in the Uniformed Protective Services

What is obedience?

• A form of social influence where an individual acts to a direct order from someone else

• A type of social influence where an individual does what someone else wants them to do

• A form of social influence where an individual acts without question or hesitation

• A type of social influence where an individual complies with a request

What is compliance?

• A form of social influence where an individual acts to a direct order from someone else

• A type of social influence where an individual does what someone else wants them to do

• A form of social influence where an individual acts without question or hesitation

• A type of social influence where an individual complies with a request

What are the two types of obedience?

• Conscious and unconscious

• Active and passive

• Voluntary and involuntary

• Deliberate and spontaneous

Why do people conform?

• Fear

• Influences

• Reward

• Respect

Who organized the collection, transportation, and extermination of millions of Jews, gypsies, and others during WWII?

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Stalin

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf Eichmann

What was Adolf Eichmann's defense at his trial?

• He was following orders

• He was mentally ill

• He was coerced

• He was not involved

What was the Milgram shock experiment?

• An experiment on the effects of obedience to authority

• An experiment on the effects of compliance to authority

• An experiment on the effects of disobedience to authority

• An experiment on the effects of conformity to authority

What is Milgram's 'Agency theory'?

• The theory that people have two states of behavior: autonomous and agentic

• The theory that people have two states of behavior: conscious and unconscious

• The theory that people have two states of behavior: active and passive

• The theory that people have two states of behavior: voluntary and involuntary

In Derren Brown's 'The Heist', what techniques were employed to get people to conform?

• Fear, reward, and respect

• Influences, praise, and trust

• Pride, job satisfaction, and team spirit

• Extended leave, promotion, and pay rise

What are some factors that affect obedience?

• Fear, influences, reward, and respect

• Influences, praise, pride, and respect

• Job satisfaction, medals, team spirit, and extended leave

• Trust, promotion, pay rise, and respect