resistance to social influence

Question 1

resistance to social influence

Answer 1

• ability for people to stop the pressure to confirm to a majority group/obey to authority figure by maintaining personal autonomy and intgreity I their thoughts decisions and actions

Question 2

asch

Answer 2

• overall conformity rate , 32

but

25% RSESISTED pressure to conform on every critical trial

Question 3

Milgram

Answer 3

• overall obedience rate , 65%,

35% resisted pressure to obey, by refusing to ive full 450v shock

Question 4

what are the 2 explanations of resistance to social influence

Answer 4

• social support ( situational explanation)
• locus of control ( dispositional edxplaiton)

Question 5

social support

Answer 5

• presence of others who resist pressures to conform/obey, helps others do the same, act as models

Question 6

social support as an explanation for resisting influence- CONFORMITY

Answer 6

conformity- more likely to resist if there’s other ppl present not conforming, person acts a model

asch , = introduction of dissenter, broken unanimity of group, non conformist doesn’t have to be right , as long as they disagree with the majority

Question 7

social support as an explanation for resisting influence- OBEDIENCE

Answer 7

• more likely to resist, if there’s another person disobeying,

miLGRAM =- PPT joined by ally who disobeyed experminemter , obedience fell from. 65 to just 10%

Question 8

locus of control

Answer 8

• how far a person believes they’re in co tool of their own lives,

internal locus of control - confident dont need anyone else’s approval

external loc- believes in luck/fate, highly likely to conform

Question 9

internal locus of control

Answer 9

internal locus of control - confident dont need anyone else’s approval

Question 10

external locus of control

Answer 10

external loc- believes in luck/fate, highly likely to conform

Question 11

strength of locus of control

Answer 11

p- research support

e- Allen and Levine , 64% ppts, refused to conform in Asch type task, when 1 person dissented, only 3% resisted when no supporter

e- having dissenter = allows ppl to be free from group pressure

l- valid explanation , can explain why ppl dont always conform/obey

Question 12

strength loc

Answer 12

p- research support 2

e -holland , repeated milgrams study, with ppt who had high internal/exterminal loc

e- internals - greater resistance to authority , 37% didnt continue to highest shock voltage, only 23% of externals didnt continue

e- increases validity of loc explanation , shows resistance = related to loc

Question 13

loc limitaiton

Answer 13

p- the factors present

e- rotter, loc only plays a part in situations that we aren’t familiar with

e- e.g if uve refused to conform with friends in past, probs will continue to do so even if u have high loc

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