Evaluation of locus of control Flashcards
One strength is that there is research to support it. (Evidence)
Holland measured whether participants were internal or external LOC. He found 37% of internals didn’t continue to highest shock level, compared to 23% externals.
One strength is that there is research to support it. (Explanation)
Suggests resistance to social influence is affected by a persons personality. Therefore increasing the validity of Rotter’s theory.
One problem with the locus of control explanation is that it relies on a questionnaire to explain resistance to social influence. (Evidence)
Questionnaires can’t portray how a person will act in situations of obedience or conformity in an everyday situation.
One problem with the locus of control explanation is that it relies on a questionnaire to explain resistance to social influence. (Explanation)
therefore it lacks real word application as the questions don’t apply to everyday situations specifically as people are bad at objectively evaluating themselves.
The LOC explanation is useful at explaining why people resist social influence when we want to fit in but not when we want to be right. (Evidence)
Spector found that internal people were less likely to conform to normative SI tasks but there was no relationship with informational SI tasks.
The LOC explanation is useful at explaining why people resist social influence when we want to fit in but not when we want to be right. (Explanation)
People are more likely to resist trying to fit in, if they have an internal locus of control and there is a mediating factor to normative social influence.
Not all research supports Rotter’s LOC. (evidence)
Twenge analysed data from American obedience studies over 40-year period and found that people have become more resistant to authority but are also more external.
Not all research supports Rotter’s LOC. (Explanation)
This is important because
