SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY - INDEPENDANT BEHAVIOUR

WHAT IS MEANY BY INDEPENDANT BEHAVIOUR?

WHAT WAS THE STUDY DONE BY GIBSON?

WHAT DID HE FIND?

HOW DID THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GROUP LEAD TO PEOPLE REBELLING IN GIBSONS STUDY?

HOW CAN REACTENCE EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE REBELLED?

HOW CAM SYSTEMATIC PROCESSING EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE REBELLED?

ppts took part in group discussion over sacking of manager - Company and manger had differnt reason why - company wanted them to argue in favour - ppts asked to sign consent form allowing film to be shown in court case

32/33 rebelled - 25/33 refused to sign consent form

Ppts established strong group identity

many will react unjustly to attempts to make them do something - people feel their freedom of choice is restricted

Rebellion more likely when people have time to think carefully

WHAT IS THE DIFFERNCE OF PERSONALITIES BETWEEN CONFORMERS AND NON-CONFORMERS?

WHAT IS MEANT BY LOCUS OF CONTROL?

WHAT KIND OF PERSON WOULD HAVE STRONG INTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL?

WHAT KING OF PERSON WOULD HAVE EXTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL?

WHAT RESEARCH HAS FOND POSITIVE LINK BETWEEN LOCUS OF CONTROL AND CONFORMITY?

WHAT RESEARCH HAS FOUND A NEGATIVE LINK BETWEEN LOCUS OF CONTROL AND CONFORMITY?

Conformers: lower self esteem / less intelligent / higher need for social approval Non-conformers: higher self esteem / self confident with leadership abilities

Sense of control people have over successes, failures and life events - measured on a scale

Believe they can influence events in their life

Believe outside factors (e.g. luck, fate 'stars') influence what happens in their lives

Williams and Warchal found those who conformed were less assertive but didn't socre differently on locus of control scale

Avtgis found those who scored higher on exteral locus of control more likely to confrom - average correlation between LOC and conformity was 0.37