social influence ao1

Question 1

resistence to social influence - social support

Answer 1

ppl can resist pressures to obey/confom when they recieve social support, having an ally gives someone the confidence to resist pressures and remain independent in behaviour.
resisting conformity = a person must identify with the ally and see them as a role model for independent behaviour, also individuals who have support no longer fear being ridiculed, avoiding NSI
resisting obedience = ally acts as a model of dissent for the individual to copy and this leads to a diffusion of responsibility where the individual no longer feels soley responsible for their actions, consequence of resisting is shared.

Question 2

resisting social influence - locus of control

Answer 2

a personality trait which refers to a persons perceptions of control over their own behaviour. its a scale, with internal on one end, and external on the other.
internal = people who believe they control what happens to them, their beh is caused by their own decisions and effort, they trust their own judgement over others, more likely to remin independent in behaviour and more able to resist social influence
external = believe what happens to them is due to external factors e.g. fate, more liklely to trust the decisions of others/authority, take less personal responsibility, less likely to remain independent, less able to resist social influence.