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Question 7

Inside a sterile pharmaceutical cleanroom, Elena, a junior technician, is walking across the sterile zone boundary in her outdoor shoes without a hairnet.

Toby, another junior technician working nearby, says, "Elena, you really need to go back and put on the blue overshoes and a hairnet."

Elena snaps, "You're not my supervisor, Toby," and continues walking.

A moment later, Dr. Vance, the Quality Assurance Director, wearing a formal white laboratory coat, safety goggles, and a highly visible red "QA Director" identification badge, walks in and looks sternly at her. Elena instantly stops, apologises, steps back behind the boundary line, and begins putting on the protective gear.

Discuss the legitimacy of authority and agentic state explanations of obedience. Refer to Elena's behaviour in your answer.

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Obedience Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Obedience

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