resistance to social influence

Question 2

what is meant by resistance to social influence

Answer 2

ability of people to withstand the pressure to conform to the majority or obey to authority,

Question 3

What is locus of control

Answer 3

How far a person believes that they are in control of their own lives

Question 4

social support as an explanation for resisting influence

Answer 4

social support. - the presence of others who resist pressures to conform or obey helps others do the same, act as models to show that resistance is possible

Question 5

what are the 2 types of loc

Answer 5

internal and external

Question 6

what is internal locus of control

Answer 6

self confident, doesn’t need approval from others

Question 7

what is external loc

Answer 7

believes in luck and fate and highly likely to conform

Question 8

advantage of social support

Answer 8

P- research support

E/E = Holland 1967 repeated milgrams baseline study using ppts who either had high external loc or high internal loc, internals showed greater resistances to authority - 37% of interns did not continue to the highest shock voltage whereas only 23% of externals did not continue

L- this increases validity of loc and shows that resistance is at least partly related to loc