⭐︎ resistence to social influence✅ Flashcards
what are the two explanations for the resistance to social influence?
- social support
2. locus of control
1️⃣social support:
when does the pressure to conform get reduced?
whats the term given to the person who doesn’t conform first and acts as a model for other ppl?
when other people aren’t conforming too
a dissenter - they don’t follow majority so other ppl feel free to follow them
what did Asch find out about the effect of social support? (duration)
what happens if the non- conforming peer stars conforming again?
its not long lasting
the naive ppts join in
when can the pressure to obey become reduced?
what did milgrams study find?
what does the dissenters disobedience do to others?
when other ppl start to disobey as well
independent behaviour is increased in the disobedient peer condition (35%-90%)
gives them freedom from there own conscience and disobey
2️⃣locus of control:
definition?
who introduced the idea of this ext. vs int?
what does it mean if someone has an internal locus of control?
what does it mean if someone has an external locus of control?
who’s more likely to resist pressures to confront or obey?
how much control a person feels they have in their own behavior. A person can either have an internal locus of control or an external locus of control
rotter
they take responsibility for there actions, high control over there own behav.
very fatalistic, passive and believe stuff happens by luck and they don’t take responsibility for stuff they’ve done, more likely to conform.
internal LOC
what is the continuum?
its like a scale of internal at one side and external at the other. suggests ppl aren’t always at one en d of the spectrum they can change through out there lives
eg. first day of school your going to be more on the external LOC just conforming and following rules but as time goes on confidence may grow and it turns into an internal LOC
AO3- resistance to social influence:
✅ 1 strength for social support (ASCH)
✅ 1 strength for LOC (holland)
✅ Asch’s variations support. In one of the variations, one of the confeds was instructed to give the correct answer throughout. In this variation the rate of conformity dropped to 5%. This demonstrates that if the real ppt has social support for their belief, then they are likely more likely to resist the pressure to conform.
✅ Holland found a link between resistance and locus of control, found that 37% of ‘internals’ refused to obey to the maximum shock level in a Milgram-type study, compared to 23% of ‘externals’, showing a link between locus of control and resistance to obedience.
AO3- resistance to social influence:
❌2 weaknesses
❌ the theory doesn’t condor other factors that can make someones locus of control change such as friends, environment, school
❌the role of LOC inn resisting social influence may be exaggerated (rotter) - its only rly important in new situations and said it has little influence on familiar situations, this its often overlooked meaning ppl who have obeyed to situations in the past are likely to do so again, meaning LOC is only useful explaining new situations not familiar ones, reducing its reliability
