Resisting to social influence

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Created on: 24-12-21 09:52

what's the difference between obedience and conformity?

obedience is obeying people who are higher in status then someone
conformity is following people who are in the same status as someone

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what is social support?

when there is an ally present (someone who has the same pov), this builds confidence to let individuals remain independent.

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what are other features of social support?

-individual is able to ignore NSI due to the ally
-if the dissenter returns to conformity, then the other person may pressured to do so too, meaning it may be short-term.

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name the evaluations of social support

+r.s Asch variation, one confederate gave the right answer throughout and conformity dropped to 5%
+r.s milgram variation when 2 confederates refused to go on w real participant, obedience dropped from 65% to 10%

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who suggested locus of control?

Rotter

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what is L.O.C?

the extent to which ppl believe they have control over their lives. there are two types. internal- life is a result of their own behaviour, have control over their lives, independent. external-do not have control over the life, more likely to conform, not

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name the evaluations of L.O.C

-r.s, Spector found from 157 students that internal L.O.C are less likely to conform than external L.O.C but only for NSI not ISI, meaning NSI is more powerful
+r.s Oliner and Oliner found 406 who resisted orders in ww2 had high I L.O.C and-

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carrying from previous card

-126 who carried out the orders had, but is L.O.C the only factors
-contradictory evidence by twenge et al who conducted a meta-analysis and found over 4 decades ppl had become E L.O.C but less obedience

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what is social support?

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when there is an ally present (someone who has the same pov), this builds confidence to let individuals remain independent.

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what are other features of social support?

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name the evaluations of social support

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who suggested locus of control?

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