resistance to social influence

Question 1

DESCRIBE CHUBBS RESEARCH

Answer 1

• in a longitudinal study of 174 grade 9 students
• found that they got less external each year as their confidence grew over 4 year period
• however other researchers found that loc remains stable until old age where people become more external

Question 2

DESCRIBE SHERMANS RESEARCH

Answer 2

• summarised 2 decades of research saying that males are more likely to have internal Loc and more liekly to be leaders
• females are more likely to seek links with others rather than behave independently
• however women who are internal locus do better in a work place than those of external

Question 3

WHAT IS THE LOC SELF REPORT

Answer 3

• measuring you’re own loc, complete scales that force u to choose between 2 extremes on a scale of 1-10

Question 4

GIVE 2 EVALUATION POINTS OF RESISTANCE TO SOCIAL INFLUENCE

Answer 4

• loc self report has been standardised and used over vast samples increasing it’s validity
• twenge found that external locus people have increased over time but resistance to authority has increased aswell, which sheds doubt on the concept