RESISTANCE TO SOCIAL INFLUENCE

Question 1

there is research support for….

Answer 1

resistance to conformity
resistance to obedience
loc

Question 2

who conducted research to support resistance to conformity?

Answer 2

allen and levine

Question 3

what did allen and levine do?

Answer 3

found conformity decreased when a dissenter was introduced

Question 4

what was the dissenter in allen and levine’s experiment?

Answer 4

someone with thick glasses to signify difficulty with vision

Question 5

what did the decrease in conf show?

Answer 5

people will resist conf if they are free from pressure of the group

Question 6

what does allen and levine’s research increase?

Answer 6

reliability of social support as explanation for resistance to social inf

Question 7

who conducted research for resistance to obedience?

Answer 7

gramson et al

Question 8

what did gramson et al find?

Answer 8

found higher level of resistance when ppts had to blackmail smear company

Question 9

what % of ppts reblled in gramson et al’s study?

Answer 9

88%

Question 10

what does gramson et al’s study show?

Answer 10

that peer support is linked to greater resistance, people will resist SI if they are a group

Question 11

who conducted research for locus of control and obedience?

Answer 11

holland

Question 12

what did holland do?

Answer 12

replicate milgram’s exp, measured people loc

Question 13

what % of internals didn’t continue to highest shock in comparison to % of externals?

Answer 13

37% of internals didn’t continue in comp to 23% of externals

Question 14

what does holland research show?

Answer 14

that people with an internal loc are more resistant to SI

Question 15

how can holland research be counteracted?

Answer 15

it’s not a big enough difference, personality could alos be a factor

Question 16

who found contradictory research for resistance to SI?

Answer 16

twenge et al

Question 17

what did twenge at al do?

Answer 17

analysed data from USA loc studies over 40 year period

Question 18

what did twenge et al find?

Answer 18

people have become more external, but more resistant

Question 19

what should twenge et al’s research actually show?

Answer 19

that society has become more internal if we have become more resistance, loc not linked to resistance

Question 20

twenge et al research decreases the….

Answer 20

ecological validity and credibility of exp as it challenges link between loc and resistant behaviour

Question 21

how can twenge et al’s research be counteracted?

Answer 21

people may be realising many things are out of our control ,but still try and resist