Resistance to social influence
- Created by: jessicawarren
- Created on: 03-05-16 10:37
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- Resistance to social influence
- Social support
- Presence of people who resist pressure to conform/obey can help others do the same
- These people act as models to show others that resistance to social influence is possible
- Pressure to conform reduced if other people aren't conforming
- Asch changed task difficulty, size and unanimity
- Reducing unanimity of confederates and including one who dissented meant reduced levels of conformity
- Allowed person to behave more independently
- Milgram-Obedience dropped from 65% to 10% when genuine ppt joined by confederate who disobeyed
- May not follow dissenters behaviour, but frees us to act from own conscience... agentic --> autonomous
- Locus of control
- Our own perception of how much control we have over the events in our life
- Internal: We are mostly responsible for what happens
- External: Mainly a matter of luck or outside forces
- Evaluation
- **: Research support- Allen and Levine found conformity decreased with one dissenter in Asch type study
- Research support: Gamson found higher resistance than Milgram's study as ppts in groups
- LOC: Research support- Holland repeated Milgrams study, measured whether ppts internals/ externals. 37% internals did not continue to highest shock level, only 23% externals. Increases validity
- Twenge analysed data from American obedience studies over period of 40 years. Found resistance to obedience increases over time, challenges link between LOC and resistance to obedience
- Social support
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