Resistance to Social Influence Flashcards
(24 cards)
sometimes people may not obey, what is this behaviour called?
independent behaviour
define the term ‘independence’
movement either towards or away from social expectancy (do your own thing)
define the term ‘anti-conformity’
consistent movements AWAY from social conformity - possibly in line with social minority
what is social support?
if others defy, it becomes easier.
social support is assistance and solidarity available from others
give examples of SOCIAL SUPPORT that we have studied in psychology.
Asche - if an ally (on your side) was present conformity dropped
AND
Milgram - 2 teachers who also refused obedience dropped from 65% to 10%
Research into conformity by Asch shown that a ….. (go against the majority) answers correctly from, start of study conformity drops from 32% to …. If later in study to 8.5%.
TST what?
DISSENTER / 5.5%
TST social support received earlier is more effective than support received later
social support is what kind of factor? hint: external or internal?
situational (external) factors
locus of control is a what type of factor? hint: external or internal
dispositional, internal factor
what does locus mean?
state/position
what is external locus of control?
what happens is outside your control (e.g caused by fate)
what is internal locus of control?
what happens to you is within your control (e.g your hard work)
locus of control is referred to as a …. dimension that was identified by who?
PERSONALITY / ROTTER
having a high INTERNAL locus of control makes people more …. to social ….. and have more free chance to conform or … and less concerned with social approval.
RESISTANT / PRESSURE / OBEY
having a high EXTERNAL locus of control makes people more prone to ….. or ….. as they believe the outcome of actions are ….. of their control.
This is another explanation for why people what?
CONFORMING / OBEYING / OUTSIDE
this is another explanation to why people conform or obey
research conducted on a locus of control scale on 157 ….
shown what?
STUDENTS
shown that ppts with high external locus of control had a greater degree of conformity than those with low external locus of control BUT only in situations to with normal social pressure (being in a group)
research conducted shown that japanese people conform more easier than americans and have a greater ….. LOC.
TST what?
EXTERNAL
TST different cultures have different levels of conformity
what is another named factor in resisting obedience?
systematic processing
what is systematic processing?
less likely to obey if given time to consider consequence or if consequence is negative
Taylor et la (1997) shown what?
shown systematic processing as there was less obedience when able to question mothers of authority so questions legitimacy of authority
what is morality?
principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong
one of milgram’s ppts was a vicar, why do you think he was less obedient in the study?
he felt that by disobeying he was obeying a higher power
contradictory evidence for resistance to social change comes from who?
twenge et al
what did twenge et al conduct?
a meta analysis found that over time people have become more external in their locus of control but also more resistant to obedience.
what is DISADVANTAGE to all the research conducted on resistance to social influence?
is that all research is very nomothetic, in terms of resistance and characteristics. This is because research tries to develop general laws on resistance to everyone
