Resisting Social Influence

Question 1

Reasons why people don’t conform of obey

Answer 1

• social support

- having an internal locus of control- how much an individual believe they are in control of what happens in their life.

Question 2

Asch social support variation

Answer 2

He had someone who always disagreed with the majority and answered right
Found- this always reduced conformity from original 32% to 5.5%

Question 3

Milgram social support variation

Answer 3

Had two actors paired with a participant and those two refused to carry on and as a result obedience dropped from 68% to 10%.

Question 4

Shute- locus of control and resisting conformity

Answer 4

• participants given a LOC test
• Participants put in to groups with people who were very for or agains drugs.
• found those with an Internal LOC were less likely to conform to the group’s attitudes.

Question 5

Schurz (1985)- LOC and resisting obedience

Answer 5

• participants took a LOC test
• took part in milgrams test but instead of electrical tests the participants thought they were giving painful skin damaging bursts of ultra sound
• internal LOC participants took more responsibility for what they did.