Resistance To Social Influence + E

Question 1

What is the definition of social resistance?

Answer 1

The ability of people to withstand social pressure to conform to the majority.

Question 2

Definition of social support

Answer 2

The presence of people who resist pressures to conform or obey can help others to do the same.

Question 3

Def. Locust of control?

Answer 3

What we think drives and directs our lives?

Question 4

What kind of factor is social support?

Answer 4

Situational factor

Question 5

What study relates to the social conformity support ?

[+ explaination]

Answer 5

Ash research

Question 6

The fact that someone is not following the majority makes them a ____ and reinforces the s____ s____ for others to do the same?

Answer 6

Model

Social support

Question 7

Outline ash study and how it links to the theory of resistance to social influence?

Answer 7

When there was a designating participant the conformity decreased because it enables the a naive participant to participant to follow their won conscience ?

Question 8

What is the general effect of a dissenting participant?

[in obedience & conformity]

Answer 8

`More unconforming/ disobedient behaviour

Question 9

The p______ of obedience can be resisted if someone someone is p______ who doesn’t o___

Answer 9

Pressure
Present
Obey

Question 10

What research does the social support of obedience?

Answer 10

Milgrams study

Question 11

Outline Milligrams study and how it links to the explanation of social support of obedience?
+ statistic

Answer 11

Where there was a dissenting participants the obedience of the participants dropped form 65% to 10%

Question 12

The d______ challenges the l_________ of the authority

Answer 12

Disobedience

Legitimacy

Question 13

What kind of factor is locust of control?

Answer 13

Dispositional factor

Question 14

Who propped this explanation? (1966)

Answer 14

Rotter 1966

Question 15

What is LOC?

Answer 15

Is a scale & individuals may vary in between.

Question 16

What is a ‘internal locus of control’

Answer 16

When a person believes that they are in control of their lives and they are responsible for their own actions

Question 17

What is the ‘external locust of control’

Answer 17

When someone doesn’t not feel in control of their actions and feels like they are not responsible for their own life?

Question 18

Which LOC would be more able to be persistent pressures to conform .

Answer 18

High internal

Question 19

Which LOC base their decisions on their own beliefs and morals?

Answer 19

High internal

Question 20

High internals tend to have a h____ self esteem / confidence and thus have a higher i_____________.

Answer 20

High

Intelligence

Question 21

P: Real world support

[strength]

Answer 21

E: Albrecht (2006) evaluated a ‘ teen fresh start’ programme aimed at teens who are pregnant and smoke
They found that when their was a “buddy” present who also resisted were less likely to smoke .

E: TMT social support can help young people resist SI as a part of intervention

Question 22

P: Research support for dissenting peers (obedience)

[S]

Answer 22

E: Gamson (1982) asked participants to partake in a smear campaign’
They found high levels of resistance because they worked in groups and could discuss.

29/33 groups disobeyed.(88%)

E: TST peer support can lead to more disobedience

Question 23

P: Research support (1967)
Inc. statistic
[S]

Answer 23

E: Holland 1967 repeated Milgrams study and measured the participant internal and external LOC
He found that 37% internals did not continue ad 23% of externals

E: TST resistant is at least partly related LOC and this increases the validity

Question 24

P: Contradictory research

[W]

Answer 24

E: Twenge (2004) analysed data and found that people became more resistant and internal.

E: Surprising because because people should becoming more external. TMT LOC is not a valid explanation go how people.