We can influence someone else’s behaviour by issuing a command which we are obligated to obey. People in society are in a position where obedience is expected of them and yet at the same time, we expect each person to act of the dictates of their own conscience.
Obedience is the tendency to comply with the commands of those in authority. Has more to do with the lvl of authority of the person doing the influence. If they are perceived to be in charge or seen as an authoritarian type, individuals are more likely to respond to him or her by complying. Obedience occurs when someone acts in a way he or she may not normally act as a result of someone in position of authority ordering them to do so.
The holocaust is one of the first things that come to mind with obedience. Adolf Eichmann was responsible for developing & implementing plan for best way to collect, transport & slaughter those who were meant to die. On his trials he said he was only doing what he was meant to do. He was tested and found to be sane.
Following the end of the war psychologists decided to study German behaviour to see how Germans were different to allow them to carry out the orders they were given. Soon found out it was not a German trait but a human one.
Dissent & resistance: The holding or expression of opinion at variance with those commonly or officially held. Those who choose to not obey with the actions ordered are also said to be demonstrating independence behaviour. Resist pressure to obey the orders given by an authority figure.
Disobedience is when the individual refuses to carry out the order of an authority figure. This can occur for various reasons, ranging from social situation a person is in to the dispositional actors that influence personality & gender.