Social Support

Question 1

What is social support

Answer 1

Presence of other people who resist the pressure to conform or obey and help others to do the same

Question 2

Resisting conformity SS

Answer 2

Presence of support makes individual more confident
Ally
Breaks inanity in the group
Frees up thinking for everyone else

Question 3

Resisting obedience SS

Answer 3

Disobedient models reduce obedience
Role model
Empower others to disobey
Makes action seem acceptable
Challenges legitimacy of authority

Question 4

Supporting evidence for conformity

Answer 4

Aschs variation
One confederates told to give right answer
Conformity dropped to 5%
Social support reduces conformity

Question 5

Supporting evidence from obedience

Answer 5

Milgram
2 more confederates tecahers
Refused to go on and left before 450
Participants who proceeded dropped form 65 to 10
SS likely to resist pressure to obey

Question 6

Credibility of social support

Answer 6

SS does not have to be valid to have an effect
Allen and Levine Asch like study
Thick glasses and eyesight problems
Resistance to conformity increased

Question 7

Alternative explanation

Answer 7

Other factors such as confidence in answers
Lucas et al maths problem
Resistance to social influence:
92% for easy questions
29% hard problems

Question 8

Alternative explanation 2

Answer 8

Perrin and spencer replicated asch study
Engineering students
More confident and less likely to conform