Resistance to social influence

Question 1

Social support

Answer 1

Allows people to resist NSI by making them feel less alone when they go against the majority.

Question 2

Social support AO3

Answer 2

Asch - When ppts were given a dissenter conformity dropped as they had support from majority

Question 3

Locus of Control

Answer 3

Rotter’s idea which is the extent to which people believe that have control over their own lives.

Question 4

Internal LoC

Answer 4

What happens in life is as a result of your own behaviour and you have control over your life.

Question 5

External LoC

Answer 5

What happens in life is out of your control and is as a result of external factors

Question 6

Individuals with Internal LoC are more likely to

Answer 6

Resist social pressure/ not conform or obey

Question 7

AO3 LoC - Oliner and Oliner

Answer 7

Research support: Interviewed non-Jewish survivors of WW2 and compared those who resisted orders and those who didn’t. Those who disobeyed were more likely to have a high internal locus

Question 8

AO3 LoC - Spector

Answer 8

Spector used Rotter’s scale to see whether LoC is associated with conformity. Using 157 students he found that students with high internal LoC were less likely to conform but only in situations of NSI