Explanantions Of Resistance To Social Influence

Question 1

What is resistance to social influence due to social support?

Answer 1

When people may resist pressures to conform or obey because they have support from a dissenter (someone who disagrees with the majority or refuses to obey)

Question 2

How does Asch’s study demonstrate that social support is a factor to resisting social influence?

Answer 2

In the unanimity variation, conformity dropped to 5.5%

Question 3

How does Milgram’s study demonstrate that social support is a factor to resisting social influence?

Answer 3

In a variation, a disobedient confederate refused to obey at a certain point, and obedience from the real participant fell to 10%

Question 4

Who proposed the idea of Locus of Control?

Answer 4

Rotter (1966)

Question 5

What is Locus of Control?

Answer 5

The concept of how much a person believes they control what happens in their lives (measured on a scale)

Question 6

What is an Internal Locus of Control?

Answer 6

When a person believes that events happen because of their own actions / behaviour

Question 7

What is an External Locus of Control?

Answer 7

When a person believes that events are due to external factors and not their own actions (e.g. luck or actions of others)

Question 8

Which type of Locus of Control is more likely to resist social influence?

Answer 8

Internals because they are more likely to follow their own beliefs

Question 9

How does Holland (1967) support Locus of Control theory?

Answer 9

In a Milgram-type study, 37% of ‘internals’ refused to obey to the maximum shock level, compared to 23% of ‘externals’. Suggests there’s a link between LoC & resistance to obedience

Question 10

What is a limitation of Locus of Control theory?

Answer 10

LoC is a limited explanation for only some cases of obedience, as previous experiences are always more influential than LoC when someone is making a decision as to how to act