Resistance to Social Influence

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What is social support?
support from people who act as models for others, to show that resistance to social influence is impossible
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Who proposed the concept of Locus of Control?
Rotter
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What is the locus of control?
internal control vs external control
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What are 'internal' people?
people that believe that the things that happen to them are largely controlled by themselves
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What are 'external' people?
People that have a tendency to believe that things happen without their own control
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What is research to support LOC?
Holland - repeated Milgrams research, and AGAIN the findings showed greater resistance to authority. Increases validity of LOC and resistance link
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What is contradictory research of LOC?
Twenge - analysed data of obedience studies in USA from 60s till 2002. Showed people had become more resistant to obedience, but also more EXTERNAL. If resistance is linked to LOC, we'd expect them to be internal. BUT could be due to changing society
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