SOCIAL INFLUENCE - resisting social influence Flashcards
1
Q
what are 2 explanations for resisting social control?
A
- social support
- locus of control
2
Q
what are the 2 aspects of social support?
A
- conformity
- obedience
3
Q
how can conformity be resisted?
A
- a dissenter showed to reduce levels of conformity by 25%
(unanimity) - but if the dissenter confirms again then so does the naive participant
4
Q
how can obedience be resisted?
A
- when accompanied by a disobedience confederate, obedience dropped to 10%
(acts as a model to the participant)
5
Q
what is the locus of control?
A
- a sense of what directs our lives and what is responsible for what happens in them
(continuum from internal to external) - internal feel responsible themselves
- external feel it is due to luck or chance
6
Q
who is more likely to resist social influence (in reference to the locus of control)
A
- internals are more likely to resist pressures as they take personal responsibility for their life and they are much more confident
7
Q
EVALUATION
what did ALLEN and LEVINE do? and how does this relate to resisting conformity?
A
- conformity decreased in the presence of a dissenter even when they ‘had trouble seeing’, and so were in no position to accurately judge line length
so. . - supports the idea that a dissenter relieves the pressure of a group
8
Q
EVALUATION
what did HOLLAND do? and how does this relate to the locus of control?
A
- repeated MILGRAM’s baseline study and measured their locus of control
- 37% of internals resisted
- 23% of externals resisted
so. .. - increases the validity that the locus of control can be used to explain resistance
9
Q
EVALUATION
what did TWENGE do? and how does this relate to the locus of control?
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- analyses data from locus of control studies over a 40-year period
- date stated people have become more external but also more resistant
so. .. - this is contradictory evidence to the hypothesis that we should have become more internal
