Resistance to social influence

Question 1

what is resitance to social influence

Answer 1

thise who do not obey or conform resist social influence

Question 2

Explanations for resitance to social infuence

Answer 2

social support - situational
Locus of control - dispositional

Question 3

what is social support

Answer 3

• ivloves beig in the presence of others who go against the authority figure/ majority beliefs in a group
• the others resisting authority act as a model for others to follow and also resist

Question 4

AO3 of social support

Answer 4

+ Milgram shows social support > added an actor who refused to administrate further shocks caused obedience levels to drop by 55%
+ Gamson > pp’s placed into groups and told to produce evidence for an oil company for a smear campaign, found high levels of resistance within group
+ Asch dhoes sovial support > in presence of one confederate who went againstg majority , confomrity reduced by 80%
+ real life application > teen fresh start programme evalauted, social support given by an older mentorm after 8 weeks those who had a mentor were less liekly to smoke than the control group

Question 5

what is locus of control

Answer 5

refers to a persons pereception of personal control over their own behaviour

Question 6

what is an internal LOC

Answer 6

an individual whi believes their life is determined by their own decisions

Question 7

what is an external LOC

Answer 7

an indiviudal who belives their kife is determined by fate

Question 8

how does internal and external LOC link to autonomous and agentic state

Answer 8

agentic - external - not taking control
autonomous - internal - taking control

Question 9

AO3 for LOC