Obedience

Dimension 919 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index

0.0468

Obedience measures the tendency to comply with rules, instructions, authority figures, or other people's wishes rather than acting independently. It encompasses dutiful rule-following, deference to authority, and submissive acquiescence in interpersonal situations.

evidence final name · Follow Obedient

Bands

Minimal Obedience

Expressions activating this band do not show a clear pattern of compliance or deference and are largely unrelated to obedience.

Low Obedience

Expressions activating this band reflect inconsistent compliance, with some willingness to honor commitments or avoid conflict but also assertive, oppositional, or controlling behavior. Obedience appears situational rather than a stable tendency.

Moderate Obedience

Expressions activating this band reflect a noticeable tendency to accommodate others, meet obligations, and defer to authority or close relationship partners in decisions and conflicts. Compliance is present, but it coexists with occasional resistance or independent disagreement.

High Obedience

Expressions activating this band reflect ready compliance with requests, suggestions, and expected rules of conduct. Obedience is expressed as going along, listening, and yielding to others' wishes with little pushback.

Extreme Obedience

Expressions activating this band reflect strong, habitual submission to rules, instructions, and authority, often with immediate or unquestioning compliance. Obedience is expressed as being highly influenceable, strictly rule-bound, or blindly deferential.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Follow Obedient1.00

Told0.50

Complied0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-6..B-411,371

B-3..B54,966,333

B6..B123,806

B13227

B14..B27106

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness43

03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal71

05__whole_disney_dataset__rating104

06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment112

07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel106

08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context114

10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary161

11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief261

Anchor definitions

Minimal Follow Obedient

Minimal Follow Obedient: Content characterized by screens, removed, safari, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect follow obedient at this level.

Emerging Follow Obedient

Emerging Follow Obedient: Content characterized by usually, doing, follow, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect follow obedient at this level.

Elevated Follow Obedient

Elevated Follow Obedient: Content characterized by follow, because, afraid, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect follow obedient at this level.

Severe Follow Obedient

Severe Follow Obedient: Content characterized by follow, comply, law, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect follow obedient at this level.