Locus Of Control And Resistance To Social Influence

Question 1

what did Rotter (1966) investigate

Answer 1

The extent to which people believe they have control over their lives

Question 2

internal locus of control

Answer 2

People with an internal locus of control believe that what happened in their life is largely the result of their own behaviour so they are more likely to resist pressure to conform and obey

Question 3

what to people with an internal locus of control have tendencies to be

Answer 3

self-confident, more achievement oriented, higher intelligence, less need for social approval

Question 4

What do people with an external locus of control believe

Answer 4

externals believe it is mainly a matter of luck or other outside forces

Question 5

what is the definition of resistance to social influence

Answer 5

The ability to withstand social pressure to conform to the majority authority, this is influenced by situational and dispositional factors

Question 6

Definition of social support

Answer 6

Presence of people who resist social pressure to conform or obey can help others to do the same thing so they act as a role model to show others that resistance to social influence is possible

Question 7

evaluation of locus of control

Answer 7

+ Holland, pps subjected to Milgrams electric shock paradigm, 37% of the internals were disobedient compared to 23% externals

• reductionist, fails to consider wider factors such as mood or the impact of others and deterministic as it states it’s all LOC
• explanation is limited, researcher used a meta analysis looking for a link between locus of control and conformity, found only a 0.37 positive correlation between external LoC and conformity so correlation not that strong