resistance to social influence

Question 1

social support

Answer 1

= refers to the presence of people who resist the pressure to conform or obey and help other do the same

• Asch’s research showed that conformity is reduced by a dissenting peer (social support).
• The effect is not long-lasting → Asch’s research also showed that if this dissenting peer starts conforming again, so does the true P.

Question 2

What does this tell us about social support?

Answer 2

• Having an ally can build confidence and allow individuals to remain independent
• Legitimacy is reduced
• NSI is avoided
• Pressure is reduced

Question 3

Resistance to obedience = social support

Answer 3

Resistance to obedience = Milgram’s study if there was a disobedient conf obedience dropped from 65% to 10%
- Disobedient conf challenges the legitimacy of authority and makes it easier for others to disobey

Question 4

rotter - locus of control

Answer 4

• Internals believe things that happen are controlled by themselves
  (e.g. doing well or badly in an exam depends on how hard you work)
• Externals believe things happen outside their control
  (e.g. if they fail an exam, they say it was due to a bad teacher)

→ People differ in how they explain successes and failures - there is a spectrum of high internal to high external, and low internal and low external lie in between.

Question 5

People with internal LOC are more likely to resist pressures to conform or obey.

Answer 5

• They take reponsibility for their actions = act according to their own values
• Self confident, higher intelligence, less need for social approval
• Greater ability to resist social influence