1999/05/01 by Thomas Blass · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Psychology of Social Influence #Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment #American Constitutional Law and Politics
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb00134.x
openalex publication_date 1999/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/30
Guided by the belief that we cannot make broad extrapolations from the obedience studies without first firmly establishing what has and has not been found using the paradigm itself, this article draws on 35 years of accumulated research and writings on the obedience paradigm to present a status report on the following salient questions and issues surrounding obedience to authority: (a) How should we construe the nature of authority in the obedience experiment? (b) Do predictions of those unfamiliar with the obedience experiment underestimate the actual obedience rates? (c) Are there gender differences in obedience? and (d) Have obedience rates changed over time?