Resistance to social influence - locus of control Flashcards
What is locus of control?
the extent to which individuals believe they have control events in their lives
Individuals with a high internal LOC?
believe they can affect the outcomes of situations
Individuals with a high external LOC?
believe things turn out in a certain way regardless of their actions
What did Rotter believe about having an internal LOC?
makes individuals resistant to social pressure with those seeing themselves in control of a situation more likely to perceive themselves as having a free choice to conform/obey
Who did Spector give the LOC scale too?
157 university students
What did Spector find?
participants with a high external LOC did conform more than those with a low external LOC
What did Spector find about both participants?
they didn’t conform in situations that produced informational social influence
What do Spectors findings suggest?
people with less of a need for acceptance into a social group are more able to resist social influence
What did Moghaddam find in Japanese people?
conform more easily than Americans and have more of an external LOC
What did Avtgis perform?
a meta-analysis of studies involving LOC and conformity
What did Avtgis find?
individuals with an internal locu of control were less easily persuadable and less likely to conform
What did Holland test for and find?
tested for a link between LOC and obedience, finding no relationship between the two
What did Blass do?
reanalysed Holland’s data using more statistical analysis
What did Blass find?
participants with an internal LOC were more able to resist obedience than those with an external LOC
