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what are the 2 ways in which resistance to SI can occur

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1) independence
2) Anti-conformity

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define independence

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  • a lack of consistent movement either towards or away from social expectancy
  • ie. doing your own thing
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define Anti-conformity

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  • a consistent movement away from social conformity
  • ie adopting the behaviour of minority group
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describe social support

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  • pressure to confirm is reduced if there are other non-confirming people present
  • this dissenter adds a ‘model’ and allows someone to follow their conscience
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give an example of social support regarding conformity

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  • in Asch’s study, conformity rates dropped from 33% to 5.5% in the presence of a dissenter
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give an example of social support regarding obedience

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  • in Milgrams study, obedience dropped from 65% down to 10% in the presence of a dissenter
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what are some A03 points of social support?

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  • strength= supporting evidence
    • Asch’s study
    • Milgrams study
  • weakness= alternative explanation
    • other factors such as Authoritarian personality
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what does a locus of control refer to?

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refers to a persons perception of personal control over their behaviour

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what do people with a high external LOC believe

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  • believe things turn out a certain way regardless of their actions
  • behaviour is caused by luck or fate
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what do people with a high internal LOC believe?

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  • perceive themselves to be in control of their behaviour
  • they can affect the outcomes of situations
  • therefore they take personal responsibility
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describe internality regarding resistance to SI

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  • people with high internality rely less on the opinions of others
  • high internals seek info that is useful to them therefore less vulnerable to SI
  • achievement orientated
  • they believe they control their behaviour/future
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A03 of locus of control

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  • weakness= alternative explanation
    • other factors such as gender
    • eagly + Carli found males resist more than females
  • Strength= supporting evidence
    • oliner + oliner (WWll survivors)
    • ppl with higher internal LOC less likely to obey
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define minority influence

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  • type of SI where one person/small group influences the belief of other people
  • motivates ppl to reject the established majority group norms
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how is minority influence achieved?

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  • conversion
    • majorities are gradually won over to minority view point
    • behaviour/belief accepted both publically and privately—> internalisation
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method of Moscovici research on Minority influence

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  • each group had 4 naive participants + minority of 2 confeds
  • showed series of blue slides that varied in intensity and asked to judge color of slides
  • in ‘consistent’ condition, two confeds called blue slides green on every trial
  • in ‘inconsistent’ condition, confeds said slides were green on 2/3rds of trials
  • in control condition, 6 naive participants and no confeds, all said blue throughout
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findings of Moscivici research

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  • found that in the consistent condition, the real participant agreed on 8.2% of trials
  • in ‘inconsistent’ condition, real participants agreed on 1.25%
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conclusion of Moscovici minority influence research

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  • consistent minority is 7% more effective than inconsistent minority
  • consistency is a more important factor in exerting minority influence
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what are the three main processes in minority influence?

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  • consistency
  • commitment
  • flexibility
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define consistency in regards to MI

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  • MI more likely if the same belief is retained overtime
  • draws majorities attention
  • synchronic consistency
  • diachronic consistency
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define synchronic consistency

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  • people in the minority are all saying the same thing
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define diachronic consistency

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  • minority have been saying the same thing for some time
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describe commitment as a process of minority influence

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  • minorities engaging in risky/extreme behaviour to draw attention to their views
  • demonstrates their commitment
  • creates importance of viewpoint
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describe flexibility as a process of minority influence

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  • MI more likely if minority is willing to adopt/compromise
  • demonstrates willingness to listen to others
  • ensures they are not viewed as dogmatic and unreasonable
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minority influence A03

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  • methodological issues
    • judging color of slide = artificial
    •lacks external validity
  • research support
    • Nemeth and Brilmayer
    • flexibility is major factor
  • research has biased sample
    • moscovici used all females (gynocentric)
    • low generalisability
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what is social change

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  • process where whole society adopts nee beliefs/attitudes/way of behaving which becomes social norm
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why is social change slow?

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  • allows for new ideas to be ‘road tested’ to check suitability for mainstream society
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define drawing attention as a necessary condition for MI

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  • differing minority views create a conflict that majorities are motivated to reduce
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define deeper processing as a condition necessary for MI

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  • the more people think about issue, the more they will be able to challenge the existing social norm
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define the augmentation principle as a condition necessary for MI

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  • when majority pays attention to risky actions by minority, minority are taken more seriously
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define the snowball effect as a condition necessary for MI

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  • starting minority has relatively small effect
  • this spreads more widely as more people consider the issues being promoted
  • reaches a ‘tipping point’ where it leads to wide scale social change
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define social cryptoamnesia as a condition necessary for MI

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  • minority knows that social change has occurred but the source of change/original message has been disassociated
  • now do not recall how it happened
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give evidence of consistency regarding black american civil right act

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  • the boycott lasted 381 days
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give evidence of deeper processing in regards to the black american civil right movement

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  • boycotting made more people questions the issue at hand
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give evidence of the augmentation principle regarding the black american civil right movement

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  • rosa parks got arrested
  • presents her as committed and taken serious
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give evidence of the snowball effect regarding the black american civil rights movement

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  • boycott extended from rosa parks to the wider community
  • members of black community were notified and began boycotting buses
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give example of social cryptoamnesia regarding the black american civil rights movement

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  • law stating that black people can sit anywhere on the bus
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social change A03

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  • strength = research support
    • nolan et al
  • weakness = methodology issues
    • issues with asch milgrams nf moscovici
    • doubts regarding external validity

-weakness= minority influence can act as barrier to social change
• majority does not want to associate with stereotypes

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