Resistance to Social Influence

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  • Created on: 30-05-17 14:18

Explanations of Resistance to Social Influence

Social Support

1. Conformity: The presence of a dissenter enables us to not conform, they act as a model. The effect on Asch´s study of a dissenter remained even when he wore thick glasses, indicating that resistance isn´t following what another says but actually an enhancement of breaking free from group pressures.

2. Obedience: If another person present disobeys it increases the chance that others will, in a variation where a dissenter was present the rate of obedience decreased from 65% to 10%. A repeated version of Milgram´s study used groups, there was a 88% rate of disobedience, perhaps…

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