Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Obedience

                                    Obedience

Definition:

Obedience, in human behavior, is a form of "social influence in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure".

Words that mean the same thing:
·      Compliance
·      Conformity
·      Submission
·      Subordination

Examples:

-An obedient soldier, would follow a command, even if it meant he would probably be killed following it.
-An obedient child, would go to bed exactly when his mother/father told him/her to do so, without objecting or arguing.
-An obedient student would be quiet, the moment his/her teacher told him to do so, even if he/she really wanted to continue talking across the classroom.


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