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    The document compares the agency theory and social impact theory as explanations for obedience. Both theories can explain Milgram's findings on obedience, but the social impact theory focuses more on how people obey due to social influences, while the agency theory offers people act as agents carrying out the will of an authority. The social impact theory may provide a more complete explanation for obedience compared to the agency theory.

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    The document compares the agency theory and social impact theory as explanations for obedience. Both theories can explain Milgram's findings on obedience, but the social impact theory focuses more on how people obey due to social influences, while the agency theory offers people act as agents carrying out the will of an authority. The social impact theory may provide a more complete explanation for obedience compared to the agency theory.

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    Compare the agency theory with the social impact theory as an explanation of obedience.

    The three golden rules to comparison in Psychology:


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    Similarities:

    Application to the Social Comparison point Application to the Agency


    Impact Theory Theory
    Use to society

    Offer an explanation for


    Milgram’s findings

    Supporting evidence

    Differences:

    Application to the Social Comparison point Application to the Agency


    Impact Theory Theory

    Relevance to why we obey


    (think about any prior research
    that was directly into obedience)

    More of an explanation - is one


    more of a circular argument than
    the other?

    Answer the following exam question on lined paper:

    Compare the agency theory with the social impact theory as an explanation of obedience
    (6 marks)

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