Resistance To Social Influence & Social Change

Question 1

Name the situational explanation of resisting Social Influence

Answer 1

Social support

Question 2

Who found that if there was a dissenter in an Asch type study conformity levels would decrease?

Answer 2

Levine

Question 3

Name the dispositional explanation of resisting Social Influence

Answer 3

Locus of control

Question 4

Who found that more externals would reach full voltage in a repeat of Milgram’s baseline study?

Answer 4

Orne and Holland

Question 5

Who found that over time people have become more external but also more resistant to obedience?

Answer 5

Twenge

Question 6

What 3 factors help a minority to influence a majority?

Answer 6

consistency, commitment and flexibility

Question 7

Which type of consistency is it when the minority group have been saying the same thing over time?

Answer 7

Diachronic

Question 8

Who found that participants were more likely to be affected by minority if the minority was consistent?

Answer 8

Moscovici

Question 9

What is meant by the augmentation principle?

Answer 9

Conflict is more likely if the minority are consistent, flexible, committed and have made sacrifices

Question 10

Which type of consistency is it when the whole minority group are saying the same thing?

Answer 10

Synchronic