Social influence- Resistance to social influence

Question 1

Social support- Resisting conformity

Answer 1

Conformity reduced by presence of dissenters from the group - even wrong answers break unanimity of majority (Asch)

Question 2

Resisting obedience

Answer 2

Obedience decreases in presence of disobedient peer who acts as a model to follow- challenges legitimacy of authority figure. Obedience dropped from 65% to 10% (Milgram)

Question 3

Evaluation- Real-world research support

Answer 3

Having a ‘buddy’ helps resist peer pressure to smoke (Albrecht et al)

Question 4

Research support for dissenting peers

Answer 4

Obedience to an order from oil company fell when participants in a group (Gamson et al)

Question 5

Social support explanation

Answer 5

Resistance lower (36% versus 64%) when confederate had poor eyesight (Allen and Levine)

Question 6

Locus of control

Answer 6

LOC is a sense of what directs events in our lives- internal or external source (Rotter)

Question 7

The LOC continuum

Answer 7

High internal at one end and high external at the other

Question 8

Resistance to social influence

Answer 8

Internals can resist social influence, more confident, less need for approval

Question 9

Evaluation- Research support

Answer 9

Internals less likely to fully obey in Milgram-style procedure (Holland)

Question 10

Contradictory research

Answer 10

People now more independent but also more external (Twenge et al)

Question 11

Limited role of LOC

Answer 11

Role of LOC only applies to new situations (Rotter)