resisting social influence

Question 1

How does social support help resist social influence?

Answer 1

• Makes people feel less alone when going against a majority
• Social support is having an ally who also supports their POV

Question 2

How does locus of control help resist social influence?

Answer 2

• locus of control - the extent to which people believe they have control over their lives
• people with internal locus of control are more likely to resist social influence because they take responsibility for their actions

Question 3

What are the strengths of using social support as a way of resisting social influence?

Answer 3

+ Asch introduced a dissenter who gave the right answer on the line test and this meant conformity levels decreased to 5%
+ Milgram introduced 2 dissenters where one refused to obey past 150V and the other at 210V, 9 out of 10 pp’s didn’t continue to the 450V

Question 4

What are the strengths of using locus of control as a way of resisting social influence? (obedience)

Answer 4

+ Elms and Milgram (1974) wanted to investigate the background of disobedient pp’s in Milgram’s key study, disobedient pp’s had a high internal locus of control, high level of self esteem