Resistance to Social Influence
- Created by: ZoeRanger
- Created on: 28-11-18 10:17
View mindmap
- Resistance to Social Influence
- Explanation 2: Locus of Control
- There is a continuum
- high internal at one end and high external to the other; low internal and low external lie in-between
- Internals place control with themselves - externals place control outside of themselves
- Julian Rotter (1966)
- Internals show greater resistance to social influence
- There is a continuum
- Explanation 1: Social Support
- The effect is not long lasting
- Conformity is reduced by a dissenting peer
- Obedience is reduced by one other dissenting partner
- Strengths
- Research evidence supports the role of dissenting peers in resisting obedience
- Research evidence supports the role of dissenting peers in resisting conformity
- Research evidence supports the link between LOC and resistance
- Weaknesses
- Role of LOC in resisting social influence may be exaggerated
- Not all research evidence
- Explanation 2: Locus of Control
Comments
No comments have yet been made