Psychology 3721F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Emergency Department, Ear Pain

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3721F/G
• Professor: Nelson Heapy

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Hierarchies: we live as a species in hierarchical arrangements in terms of authority. In almost every important institution, there is an implies or explicit hierarchical arrangement of authority: universal way that people arrange themselves to complete goals and accomplish tasks, there is always a boss and always a subordinate. In a hierarchal situation like a hospital, people who are subordinate to people with authority will very often unthinkingly follow what their instructions are or what they believe they are. It isn"t us the fact that authority leads up to act this way, the symbols and the trappings of authority can lead us to do things that we would normally think an authority is suggesting. People whoa re authorities in contexts can say they are doctors dr. " lends huge authority in a hospital, etc. Trappings difference to armani, mercedes, etc. if a person is dressed down like an university student vs. someone wearing a lovely suit.