Psychology - Social Influence: Social Resistance Locus of Control/Social Support

Question 1

What are two dependents in resisting social influence?

Answer 1

Social support and Locus of control

Question 2

Explain social support in relation to Social influence?

Answer 2

Social influence allows people to resist pressure to conform as they have an ally which builds confidence

Question 3

How does am Ally affect normative social influence?

Answer 3

If we have an ally we don’t feel ridiculed - we are part of a norm and so feel supported

Question 4

How can Ashe’s variations be used to display Social support (evaluation)?

Answer 4

Rates of conformity dropped to 5% if the Naive had an ally even if they gave another wrong answer

Question 5

What are locus of control?

Answer 5

It is the extent to which we believe we have control over our own lives

Question 6

What do internal locus of control believe?

Answer 6

What happens to them in life is down to their own behaviour - they have control, thus they easily resist social control

Question 7

What do external locus of control believe?

Answer 7

External locus of control believe what happens to them is controlled by external factors and thus they are more likely to succumb to authority

Question 8

Evaluate locus of control?

Answer 8

People who helped the dues in WW2, rejecting authority had higher locus’ of control than this who didn’t