Think of a situation in which you have obeyed authority.Describe the situation, and then identify 1) the authority figure, 2) the behavior the source wanted you to engage in, and 3) two factors that affected your obedience to the authority.

As an athlete on the college track team, I obeyed the authority of my coach.In one particular situation, the coach scheduled a workout for the Saturday morning following homecoming.Technically, this practice was optional given that it was September and practices did not official begin until October.However, the coach stated that she would not permit athletes to practice for a week if they missed this practice, an effective threat to an athletes who loves the sport.I obeyed the coach by attending practice and completing the intense workout at 7 AM in pouring rain.In this case, the authority figure was my track coach.The behavior that she wanted me to comply in was attending an "optional" practice.Two factors affected my obedience to my coach: my coach's ability to carry out the punishment and the magnitude of the punishment.First, my coach was highly able to carry out her punishment; she only had to omit a name from a schedule.Second, the punishment-a whole week without practice-was long enough to persuade me to attend the Saturday practice.