Resistance to social influence

Question 1

AO1s?

Answer 1

Locus of control
Social support

Question 2

AO3s?

Answer 2

AO3- Supporting evidence (+)
AO3- not generalisable (-)
AO3: Unable to explain why the first person resists (-)
AO3: Unable to explain why the first person resists (-)

Question 3

AO1 -LOC

Answer 3

• control
• Rotter 1966
• internal responsible
• external, external forces, outcomes
• resist, obey, responsibility, pressures
• 13-item questionnaire

Question 4

AO3- Supporting evidence (+)

Answer 4

E: For example, Oliner and Oliner (1988) found that out of 532 participants, those who acted as ‘rescuers’ in Nazi Germany were more likely to have a high internal locus of control.

credibility

Question 5

AO3- not generalisable (-)

Answer 5

E: For instance, recent evidence has shown that people are more likely to resist (Twenge 2009) in modern-day society, however, more people have a high external locus of control.

lacks generalisability

Question 6

AO3: Unable to explain why the first person resists (-)

Answer 6

E: For example, those in a social setting who are the first to resist may not have the confidence or social support of the group, but still act as the dissenter.

some situations -> comprehensive -> explanatory

Question 7

AO3- Evidence (+)

Answer 7

E: For instance, in one of Milgram’s variations with 2/3 teachers dissenting, obedience rate dropped from 65% to 10%

adequate explanation -> nomothetic -> predict and control