RESISTANCE TO SOCIAL INFLUENCE
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- Created on: 12-05-16 14:00
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- Resistance to Social Influence
- SOCIAL SUPPORT
- less likely to obey or conform if support from others who aren't obeying or conforming
- if others are willing to be independent- gives person more confidence in own views.
- RESEARCH EVIDENCE
- Milgram- when 2 disobedient confederates in procedure, obedience in the real p dropped to 10%
- HOWEVER, when 2 obedient confederates, obedience in real p rose to 92.5%
- shows the power of social support in obedient behaviour
- HOWEVER, when 2 obedient confederates, obedience in real p rose to 92.5%
- Asch- when another confed gave a diff answer from the majority that was still incorrect, equally effective in reducing conformity in the p (5.5%)
- Asch conducted, important to have support deviating from group, not necessarily support for the correct answer.
- Milgram- when 2 disobedient confederates in procedure, obedience in the real p dropped to 10%
- LOCUS OF CONTROL
- individuals believe they can control the events in their lives.
- high INTERNAL LoC - events primarily from own behaviour and actions
- more active in seeking info, knowledge
- high internal LoC have better control of behaviour, more likely to influence others- assume their efforts will be successful
- more active in seeking info, knowledge
- high EXTERNAL LoC - events determined by powerful others, fate or chance.
- high INTERNAL LoC - events primarily from own behaviour and actions
- RESEARCH EVIDENCE
- Elms & Milgram (1974) investigated background of disobedient p's. Disobedient p's had a high internal LoC. & scored higher on a scale measuring sense of social responsibility
- Oliner & Oliner (1988) interviewed 2 groups of non-Jewish people who lived through the Holocaust.
- compared 406 who had rescued Jews with 126 who hadn't
- Rescuers more likely to have score showing high internal LoC then non-rescuers. & also scored more highly on social responsibility
- Oliner & Oliner (1988) interviewed 2 groups of non-Jewish people who lived through the Holocaust.
- compared 406 who had rescued Jews with 126 who hadn't
- Rescuers more likely to have score showing high internal LoC then non-rescuers. & also scored more highly on social responsibility
- Rescuers more likely to have score showing high internal LoC then non-rescuers. & also scored more highly on social responsibility
- compared 406 who had rescued Jews with 126 who hadn't
- Oliner & Oliner (1988) interviewed 2 groups of non-Jewish people who lived through the Holocaust.
- Rescuers more likely to have score showing high internal LoC then non-rescuers. & also scored more highly on social responsibility
- compared 406 who had rescued Jews with 126 who hadn't
- Williams & Warchal (1981) 30 p's given conformity tasks similar to Asch's
- Each p also assessed using Rotter's LoC scale.
- those who conformed- didn't score differently on LoC scale but were less assertive.
- Assertivenessmay have more to do with conformity than LoC.
- individuals believe they can control the events in their lives.
- OTHER EVALUATION
- Oliner & Oliner's research is important- shows effects of LoC on SI & can be replicated in a real-life environment, not just lab.
- increases ecological validity of research
- Williams & Warchalk suggest other important factors in resisting conformity (e.g. assertiveness)
- Research lacks reliability
- correlational research- hard to establish cause and effect relationship.
- Oliner & Oliner's research is important- shows effects of LoC on SI & can be replicated in a real-life environment, not just lab.
- SOCIAL SUPPORT
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