Social support

Question 1

What is Resistance of Social Influence?

Answer 1

• Refers to the ability of people to withstand the social pressure to conform to the majority or obey authority.

Question 2

What is Social Support?

Answer 2

• The presence of people who can resist pressures to conform or obey can help others to do the same. These people act as models to show others that resistance to social influence is possible.

Question 3

What is a reason that people can resist the pressure to conform or obey?

Answer 3

• Having an ally, someone supporting their point of view.

Question 4

What does having an ally do?

Answer 4

• Can build confidence and allows individuals to remain independent.

Question 6

Summarise your AO1 knowledge into roughly 6 points for a 16 markers.
What could you say?

Answer 6

• Define Social Support
• Define Resistance to social influence
• Having an ally
• Define what unanimity
• Social support breaks unanimity of the group, as there is a break from the majority
• Social support allows people to act on their own conscience - means that they are withstanding social pressure to conform or obey