Resistance to Social Influence ^

Question 1

Locus of Control Types

Answer 1

Internal Locus of Control
- life determined by ourself
- take responsibility, achievement orientated
External Locus of Control
- external factors
- more likely to be influenced by others

Question 2

Social Support

Answer 2

can resist with an ally
Asch
- support in variations (unamity)
- conformity drop to 5%
Milgram
- reduce obedience with proximity - forcing hand on the electricity

Question 3

Research Support (SS)

Answer 3

supports dissenting peers in resisting
Allen & Levine
- conformity decreases with 1 dissenter in Asch
- wears thick glasses and says he has difficulty with vision
Resistance is not just motivated by following speakers
- enables someone to be free of the pressure

Question 4

Research Support (LoC)

Answer 4

Holland
- repeated Milgram’s baseline study
- measured if participants were internal or external
- 37% of internals didn’t go to highest shock
- 23% of externals didn’t
: Internals show a greater resistance to authority
: Increases the validity as it explains resistance

Question 5

Contradictory Research

Answer 5

Twenge et al
- analyse data from US obedience studies

• : Across time people had become more resistant, but also more external
• challanges the link between internal LoC and resistant beh.
• possible that the results are due to a changing society
  : with many things out if personal control