Vocabulary: Agentic shift refers to the transition from autonomous decision-making to following authority figures.

Definition: Agentic state occurs when individuals act as agents following orders, while autonomous state represents independent decision-making.

Highlight: The theory helps explain historical events involving mass obedience to authority figures.

Example: Participants were given $50 and informed they could withdraw, with 70% continuing after 150V.

Highlight: The study included both genders and diverse ethnicities, addressing previous sampling limitations.

Quote: "70% continued after 150V, showing remarkable consistency with Milgram's original findings."

Definition: The experiment measured obedience levels through participants' willingness to administer electric shocks under authority's direction.

Example: All participants obeyed up to 300V, with 65% continuing to maximum voltage (450V).

Highlight: The study demonstrated how normal people might blindly obey authority figures despite moral reservations.

Example: In telephone condition variations, obedience decreased to 20.5% when authority figure wasn't physically present.

Highlight: Participants often found ways to resist while appearing compliant, such as giving lower voltages or skipping questions.

Quote: "Nearly all protested but continued when given orders over the phone."

Definition: Social Impact Theory examines how social forces affect individual behavior through multiple factors including source strength, immediacy, and number of influencers.

Example: The "looking up" experiment demonstrated social influence, where people stopped to look up when others did, particularly effective with 5-6 participants.

Highlight: The theory introduces the divisional effect concept, where social pressure is divided among multiple targets, leading to diffused responsibility.