discusses the concept of social influence and group behavior
Read Chapter 7, pp. 225229, from the textbook, Social Psychology. This reading discusses the concept of obedience to authority.Review the lesson for this module, which discusses the concept of social influence and group behavior.Obedience to AuthorityRead the following hypothesis:”The virtual annihilation of the European Jewish community could not have happened without the cooperation of thousands of ordinary citizensbureaucrats, soldiers, janitors, doctors, railroad workers, and carpenters.”Answer the questions in light of the obedience of authority theory:Why did so many people comply with the Nazi regime?Did their compliance emerge from pathological characteristics of the German people?Did following orders arise out of the normal operation of everyday social processes, such as simple obedience to authority?Submission Requirements:Submit your responses in a Microsoft Word document of the following specifications:Font: Arial; 12-PointLine Spacing: DoubleLength: 300500 wordsvaluation Criteria:Did you explain why so many people comply with the Nazi regime?Did you explain if their compliance emerged from pathological characteristics of the German people?Did you explain if their orders arise out of the normal operation of everyday social processes, such as simple obedience to authority?Did you provide your answers in complete sentences with few grammatical errors?
