2006-10-09 09:01:56 · 5 answers · asked by galacticsleigh 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Davidf M - if you look at this again, please elaborate. You've got an interesting seed idea but the "of course" puts me off. Please substantiate your answer.
2006-10-09 12:07:01 · update #1
Enochians: You ramble aimlessly but your first sentence is interesting: people may follow authority because they can't handle shades of gray or ambguity? (Your "chaos"?)
2006-10-09 12:10:28 · update #2
I think they are. Humans are designed to work best under structured circumstances. Lack of structure in life, particularly in childhood is known to cause lots of psychological problems. Some favor structure a lot more than others, but I think most humans are more comfortable in a structured setting with authority. They all fall into the place where they are most comfortable in the hierarchy.
2006-10-09 18:38:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Authority stem's from a logical perception to organize what appears to be chaotic, In scientific studies of developing neuro-nets in the prefrontal cortex it was observed that reasoning was the last neuro-pathways to be developed, sometimes not completed until the late 20's. This suggests that the brain looks to the environment and social interaction to determine what is right and wrong. Hence theories of what create's criminal thinking and deviant behavior, it is suggested that without established guidelines for behavior, an individual can develop characteristics we might call 'Evil', but to the individaul, they do not interpret anything wrong!
2006-10-09 16:49:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My completely unresearched and uninformed guess would be that, while we're not "programmed" to follow, evolution has favored those with the dispostion to follow strong leaders... a leader that could keep his pack safe would allow for those genes to be passed on.
But this is pure speculation and should in no way be considered truth. :-)
2006-10-09 16:06:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There would seem to be a proportion of brains that are. What interests me, though is the proportion of brains that are not. That proportion is statistical significant, though understudied.
2006-10-09 16:41:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course this is how we learn
2006-10-09 17:01:55 · answer #5 · answered by David M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋