resistance to social influence

Question 1

resistance to social influence

Answer 1

the ability to withstand the social pressure to conform to the majority or obey the majority

Question 2

social support

Answer 2

the presence of people who resist pressures to conform or obey can others to do the same, these people act as models to show others that resistance to social influence is possible
- innate desire to fit into the group and be accepted

Question 3

locus of control

Answer 3

how we perceive certain events
internals: believe you’re in control of your life, what happens is a result of your efforts
externals: passive in experience, put blame on externa; factor, more likely to be in an agentic state

Question 4

strength: the importance of response order

Answer 4

• allen and levine studied whether the respons position of the person providing social support made any difference to a participant resisting the majoirty
• 1 condition: confederate answered first, giving correct answer, all others gave the wrong one real pt always answered last
• 2 condition: confederate answered 4th
• support was given in 1st > 4th
• first answer produces an initial commitment

Question 5

limitation: people are more external than they used to be

Answer 5

• research sugggests a historical trend on LOC, with young people becoming increasinly external
• meta-analysis Twenge et al
• found that young americans increasinly believed that their fate was determined more by luck and powerful others rather than their own actions, compared to samples between 1960 and 2002
• (social media issue)
• (theory lacks temporal validity)

Question 6

social support strength

Answer 6

suffragettes