Resistance to social influence

Question 1

Social Support Def

Answer 1

Perception that an individual has assistance available from other people, and that they are part of a supportive network

Question 2

Locus of control Def

Answer 2

People differ in their beliefs about whether the outcomes of their actions are dependant on what they do or on events outside their personal control

Question 3

Social Support

Answer 3

• Presence o social support enables individual to resist conformity (asch)
• Social support breeaks unanimity and provides an independent assessment of reality
• Disobedient peers act as role models
• Obedience rates dropped to 10% when two confederates defied experimenter (milgram)

Question 4

Locus of control

Answer 4

• Internal LOC = greater independence and less reliance on the opinion of others
• External LOC = more passive attitude and greater acceptance of the influence of others
• High internals less vulnerable to influence and better able to resist coercion