resistance to social influence

Question 1

explanation

Answer 1

majority confrom or obey to demands of authority
however, some refuse to do so
this may be due to social suport provided by others
more liekly to stand against peer pressure if have an ally
other explanatiaons include personality, if the person flikes to remain independendt when faced wih pressure from others

Question 2

socual support

Answer 2

asch study showed how hard it is to go against crowd, may be due to need to be accepted by group or have desire to act in rigth way

Question 3

resisting conformity

Answer 3

social support can help people to resist conforming
much easier if there are otehrs who refuse to conform
in assch study, non-conforming person was not always even giving correct answer but simply the fact that someone else is not allowing the majority allows antther person to feel more free and follow thier own conciousness
however, asch showed, once non-conforming person starts to conform again, then the naive partcipant does too
shows the effect is not long lasting

Question 4

resisitng obedience

Answer 4

social support can also help a person to resist obedience
pressure to obey can be reduced if there is another person who is seen to disobey
in asch study, particpant was joined by disobedeint confederate
other persons disobedience acts as a model for the partcipant to copy that frees him to act from his own conciousness

Question 5

locus of contro defintion

Answer 5

refers to a persons perception of personal control over their own behaviour
measured along a contnuum of high internal to high external

Question 6

internal LOC

Answer 6

people beleive that what heppens to them is largely the result of their OWN behaviour and that they have control over their life

e.g confident, no need ofr external approval

Question 7

external LOC

Answer 7

people believ that what happens to them is controlled by external factors and they do not have complete control over their lives

e.g can lack confdient

seek approval from others

Question 8

resistnce to social influence

Answer 8

people with high internal LOC tend to be more slef-confident, more achievement orientated, have higher intelligence
perosnality traits lead to greater resistance to soical influence

Question 9

strength of locus of control

Answer 9

research support for the link between LOC and resitnce to obedience

holland repeated milgrmas study and measured whether partcipanst were internals or externals. Results showed that 37% of interals did not continue to the highest shock level, they show inderpendenace and only 23% of externals did not continue
internals showed greater reistcnce increasing the validty of the LOC explnation and out confidence that can explain resistnce

Question 10

wekaness of locus of control

Answer 10

contradictory evidence

twenge et a; analysed data from American obedienece studies over a 40 year period
datda showed that over this time span pople have become mroe resitance to obedience and more external

Question 11

strength-research support for the role of the dissenter in resisting obedience

Answer 11

Gamson et al found higher levels of resistance in their study than in milgrams

Question 12

weakness-role if LOC may be exaggerated

Answer 12

ritter et al found LOC is only important in new situations it has little influence in fumarole situations where previous experiences are always more important