Resistance to social influence

Question 1

conformity

Answer 1

reduced by presence of dissenters from the group

Question 2

obedience

Answer 2

decreased in presence of disobedient peer who acts as a model to follow

Question 3

locus of control

Answer 3

Rotter (1966)- internals believe that the things that happen to them are largely controlled by themselves, externals have a tendency to believe that things happen without their own control

Question 4

continuum

Answer 4

people differ in the way they explain their successes and failures but it isn’t simply a matter of being internal or external. High internal LOC at one end and high external LOC at the other

Question 5

resistance to social influence

Answer 5

people who have an internal LOC are more likely to be able to resist pressures to conform or obey
-people with a high internal LOC tend to be more self confident

Question 6

research support- resistance to conformity

Answer 6

Allen and Levine (1971)- found that conformity decreased when there was one dissenter in an Asch type study, this occurred even if the dissenter wore thick glasses and said he had difficultly with his vision

Question 7

research support- resistance to obedience

Answer 7

Gamson (1982)- found higher levels of resistance in their study than Milgram because they were in groups, 88% rebelled

Question 8

research support- LOC

Answer 8

link between LOC and resistance to obedience- Holland (1968)- repeated Milgrams study and measured whether participants were internals or externals, 37% of internals didn’t continue to highest shock, 23% of externals didn’t continue

Question 9

contradictory research- LOC

Answer 9

Twenge (2004)- analysed data from American obedience studies over a 40 year period, data showed people have become more resistant to obedience but also more external, challenges link between internal LOC and increasing resistant behaviour