Explanations of resistance to social influence - social support Flashcards
What is social support?
the perception on assistance and solidarity available from others
What does research suggest about individuals when others are around?
when there are others who defy attempts to make them conform, it becomes much easier for an individual to resist this influence
What do dissenters do?
represent a form of social support and means that the individual is not the person to break the agreement within the group
What did Allen and Levine find?(conformity/visual)
conformity reduced on task involving visual judgements if dissenter present who even wore glasses and admitted to having a sight problem
What does Allen and Levine’s finding suggest?(dissenters)
dissenters help resist social influence even when they aren’t skilled in particular situations
What did Asch find?(answering correctly)
- is a dissenter who answers correctly from start of study, conformity drops from 32%-5.5%
- if confederate dissents later, conformity only drops to 8.5%
What do Asch’s findings suggests?
social support received earlier is more effective
What did Milgram find?(two confederates)
when two confederates paired with real participant early on, 10% of participants gave maximum shock
What do Milgrams findings suggest?
creating of a group norm of disobedience put the participants under pressure to conform to the behaviour of confederate
