resustance to social control Flashcards
what are the two types of resistance to social influence?
social support and locus of control
What is social support split into?
Resistence to conformity and resistance to obedience
What is the theory that supports social support and resistance to conformity?
Asch found that the presence of social support enables an individual to resist conformity pressure from the majority in one of the variations of his study the introduction of an ally who also gave the correct answer caused conformity levels to drop sharply. The social support offered by the ally led to a reduction in conformity from 33% to just 5.5%.
What is locus of control?
Refers to to a person’s perception of personal control over their own behaviour. It is measured along a demension of ‘high internal’ and ‘high external’. Most people fall somewhere between the two extremes
What are people who have a high internal locus of control like?
These people believe that what happens to them is largely a consequence of their own ability and effort. They are more likely to display independence in thought and behaviour. These people have high internality and so rely little on other people’s opinion, which mean they are better at avoiding social infulence
Evaluation: Research support for locus of control
Researchers found support for locus of control when they conducted a meta-analysis of studies of the relationship between locus of control and different forms of social influence, including conformity. This showed a significant positive correlation for the relationship between scores of internality/externality and scores on measures of persuasion, social influence and conformity. The analysis showed that individuals who scored higher on external locus of control tend to be more easily persuaded, more easily infulenced and more conforming than those who score as internal in terms of locus of control
