social support - resistance to social influence Flashcards
what is social support
its people perception that they have a assistance from another individual to support them with their decision.
how does social support help reduce conformity.
it helps reduce conformity as if an individual doesn’t conform with the group and breaks the unanimous position of the majority. and ally is provided which shows the independence to the individual and give’s them confident and make them feel better about their decision against the majority. which reduces conformity because it can influence people that they don’t have to conform.
how can social support help reduce obedience.
if someone is seen to disobey the obedience level decrease. many researches have done and shown that every individual has temptation to disobey if they get a support from someone so therefore disobedient peers act as a role model for individuals behaviour has they challenge the legitimacy of an authority figure making I easier for other to not obey.
how is a strength of social support into resisting obedience is that its supported by milgram research.
because in Ione of Milgram’s research participants were put in a team of 3 where 2 were confederates and they refuse to give the electric shock to the participant and the obedience level decreases as in original 65% went upto 450 V whereas in this variation only 10% went upto 450V. this is a strength because it shows the social support explanation is a valid explanation therefore the explanation has some validity.
how is the strength of social support for resisting conformity is tats its supported by ASH’s research.
because in his variation where the confederates gave the right answer the conformity decades form 36.8% to 5.5% as the unanimity was broken. this is a strength because it shows that social support is valid explanation therefore increases the internal validity of the explanation.
how is the strength of social support is that when people are in group who disagree with the rule, they are likely to say no as well.
because Gamson found when participants( in groups) were asked to do something unfair in a fake interview because they were in a group they had a chance to discuss 88% of the participants said no. this is a strength because it shows when an individuals as a support of someone they feel brave to not to conform and about there decision.
