Psychology A-Level
Agentic state
What Agentic state means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Agentic state
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Reference: AQA
The individual comes to see himself as the instrument of an authority figure and shifts responsibility for the outcome to that figure.
Topics that use Agentic state
- Social influence (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Authoritarian Personality
- Consistency
- Internals
- Legitimacy of authority
- Locus of control
- Modelling of disobedience
- Social support
- Commitment
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