RESISTANCE TO SOCIAL INFLUENCE Flashcards
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What is RESISTANCE TO SOCIAL INFLUENCE?
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- when individuals resist social influence
- disobedience
- non-conformity
2
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What are explanations of RESISTANCE TO SOCIAL INFLUENCE?
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- social support
- locus of control
3
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What is SOCIAL SUPPORT?
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- perception that an individual has assistance from other people
- ASCH and MILGRAM found social support decreases conformity and obedience
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What is LOCUS OF CONTROL?
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- perception of a persons control over their own life and behaviour
- measured between HIGH INTERNAL LoC and HIGH EXTERNAL LoC
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What are characteristics of individuals with HIGH INTERNAL LoC
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- believe they are in control of their life
- believe they can affect the outcomes of situations
- don’t rely on external opinions
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What are the characteristics o individuals with HIGH EXTERNAL LoC?
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- believe they’re at the mercy of external factors
- believe what happens to them is out of their control
- rely on external opinions
7
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What is a strength of SOCIAL SUPPORT? (1)
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- ASCH (1951) if another individual gives different answer they act as a model
- conformity drops from 32% to 5.5%
- if ppt is supported, allows ppt to follow their own conscience and resist social pressure
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What is a strength of SOCIAL SUPPORT? (2)
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- MILGRAM (1974)
- ppt paired with 2 additional confederates playing role of teacher
- confederates refused to go on and with drew from experiment
- obedience levels dropped from 65% to 10%
- if ppt has support for they desire to disobey
- more likely to resist social pressure
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What is a strength for LoC?
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RESEARCH SUPPORT
- BREHONY and GELLER assessed LoC in 60 males and females
- found those with external LoC more conformist in response to ASCH-style study
- conformed to stereotypical gender roles
- those with internal LoC likely to show independent and androgynous (both genders) behaviour
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What is a weakness for LoC?
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- correlation between resistance and LoC
- doesn’t prove cause and effect
- so we don’t know if internal LoC causes resistance to SI or other way round
