Resistance To Social Influence

Question 1

What is social support

Answer 1

The presence of people who resist pressures to conform or obey can help others to do the same. Acts as models to show others that resistance to SI is possible.

Question 2

Social support in conformity

Answer 2

Pressure to conform can be reduced if there are more people present who are not conforming

Question 3

Social support in obedience

Answer 3

Pressure to obey can be reduced if there is another person who is seen to disobey

Question 4

What is locus Is locus of control

Answer 4

Julian Rotter (1966) 
Concept concerned with internal controls versus external control.

• internal- don’t do well it’s because u didn’t work hard enough
• external- out of your control

Question 5

Continuum

Answer 5

People differ in the way they explain their success and failures but isn’t simply a matter of being internal or external

Question 6

LOC social influence resistance

Answer 6

People have have an internal LOC are more likely to be able to resist pressures to conform or obey

Question 7

Research support - resistance to conformity

Answer 7

Research evidence for a role in dissenting peers in resisting conformity.
Resistance is not just motivated by following what someone else says but it enables someone to be free from the pressure of the group

Question 8

Research support - resistance to obedience

Answer 8

Gamson et al 1982
Higher levels of resistance than in milgrams because they were in groups

88% rebelled
-peer support links to greater resistance

Question 9

LOC research support

Answer 9

Holland 1967
37% of internals did not continue to max volt
Only 23% of externals did not continue

Increases validity of LOC

Question 10

LOC evaluation - contradictory research

Answer 10

Twenge et al 2004
US obedience studies over 1960-2002
-people have become more resistant to obedience but also more external
-between internal LOC Increasing resistant behaviour, changing society so things are out of personal control