uncritical, unwavering or mechanical compliance with the requests, suggestions, or commands of other individuals. See also command automatism.
AUTOMATIC OBEDIENCE: "The person exhibited automatic obedience when the teacher told him or her to sit down and he or she did so immediately."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "AUTOMATIC OBEDIENCE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/automatic-obedience/ (accessed March 22, 2023).
