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English 001 A (Hodsdon): Obedience to Authority: Subject terms

Research assignments on Stanley Milgram's experiement, Nuremberg, Adolf Eichmann, My Lai, Watergate, Abu Ghraib, street gangs, Antigone and the Lottery.

Control search terms

Key words about control of members, etc.

Obedience

Compliance

Authority

Authority Abuse

Power (Philosophy)

Fear

Mind Control

Brainwash*

Abusive

Controlling

Charisma

Cult of personality

SOCIAL influence

Psychological Aspects

Torture

Conformity

Membership

Keywords

Individuals

Phillip Zimbardo

Asch, Solomon

Milgram, Stanley

Authority Figures:

Soldiers

Police

Judges

Abusers

Bureaucrat*

Leader*

Politicians

Family (Fathers, Mothers, husbands, wives)

Patriarch*, Matriarch* 

Demagogue

Topic words

Stanford Prison Experiment

Electric Shock (Experiment or Therapy)

Obedience to authority

Conformity

Titles:

Antigone

The Lottery

Events:

Abu Ghraib

Mỹ Lai Massacre (Vietnam)

Nuremburg or Nurnberg or Nazi war crimes; Trial or tribunal

Watergate

Gangs

 

Sub Topics

Human Rights

"Rule of law"

"Letter of the law"

"Spirit of the Law"

Assertive

Ethics or Unethical

Privilege

Machiavellian

Deprograming

ANTI-cult movements

Economic inequality

Social Responsibility

Bribery

Corruption

Obstruction of Justice

National Security

Safety or security

Privacy

Harassment

 

 

 

 

 

Key Words "Anti-Control" Concepts

Free will

Self determination

Empathy

Compassion

Altruism

collaboration

Egalitarian

Civil disobedience

Occupy Movement

#Me Too

Black Lives Matter

Arab Spring