Resistance to Social Influence

Question 1

Social Support
(Resisting Conformity)

Answer 1

Conformity reduced by presence of dissenters from the group, even wrong answers breaks unanimity of the group (Asch)

Question 2

Social Support
(Resisting Obedience)

Answer 2

Obedience decreases in presence of disobedient peer who acts as a model for others to follow

Question 3

Evaluation for social support

Answer 3

Real world research support = Having a ‘buddy’ helps resist peer pressure to smoke

Research support for obedience = obedience to an order from an oil company dropped when participants in a group

Question 4

What is Locus of Control

Answer 4

. Sense of what directs events in our lives - internal/external (Rotter)

Question 5

What is the LOC continuum

Answer 5

High internal at one end and high external at the other

Question 6

How does the LOC relate to resistance of social influence

Answer 6

Internals can resist social influence, more confident

Question 7

Evaluation of LOC

Answer 7

. Research support = Internals less likely to obey in Milgrams study

. Limited role = Role of LOC only applies to some situations