Social Influence AO3

Question 1

Authoritarian Personality
+2
-2

Answer 1

+ Relationship between AP and obedience - Milgram and Elm

• Social context more important than dispositional- Milgram variation

+ AP & RWA obey more - Begue (gameshow) and Dambrun and Vatine (Computer)

• Self report on F-scale

Question 2

Social-psychological factors
+3
-2

Answer 2

+Evidence support agency theory - Milgram (responsibility)

+RWA- My Lai Massacre
- Alternative explanations- dispositional
+Support for legitimacy of authority- Milgram, Bickman
- Dangerous to accept another’s authority as legitimate, - Tarnow (pilots)

Question 3

Social Change
1+
3-

Answer 3

+ Evidence to support role of majority and minority- Montana young drivers & Norlan (energy usage)

• Happens gradually- Nemeth (minority = indirect and delayed)
• Minority groups considered deviant, limiting effect (Basir)
• Social change doesn’t always happen after a norm intervention - Dejong (uni drinking)

Question 4

Minority influence
3+
1-

Answer 4

+ Supporting evidence- Moscovivci
- Criticism of Moscovici- low ev
+ Real value of minority influence- Nemeth (open our minds)
+ Minority influence can lead to social change

Question 5

Resistance to social influence
6+
1-

Answer 5

+ Support for social support- Gamson (smear campaign)
+RWA for social support- Rossenstrasse protest
+Social support doesn’t have to be valid- Allen & Levine
+ Support for LOC- Holland (Milgram rep)
+ Similar support for conformity- Avtgis - correlation LOC and conformity
+There is a historical trend in LOC research- Twenge
- Consider gender in LOC