Resistance to Social Influence
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- Resistance to Social Influence
- Locus of Control
- Refers to a person's perception of control over their own behaviour.
- It is measured along a dimension from high internal to high external.
- Externality - individuals who tend to believe that their behaviour and experiences is caused by events outside their control.
- Internality - individuals who tend to believe that they are responsible for their behaviour and experiences rather than external forces.
- It is measured along a dimension from high internal to high external.
- Evaluation
- Autgis (1998): meta-analysis = showed a significant positive correlation between LOC and social influence. High internals are less likely to be persuaded or influenced.
- Twenge et al (2004): people are more external than they used to be.
- Spector (1983): correlation between LOC and normative social influence (externals more likely to conform), but not to informational social influence.
- Refers to a person's perception of control over their own behaviour.
- Social Support
- The perception that an individual has assistance available from other people and that they are part of a supportive network
- Conformity: social support allows a person to resist conformity pressure. Asch: gave the participant an ally who gave the right answer and conformity dropped from 33% to 5.5% as unanimity was broken.
- Obedience: individuals are more confident in their ability to resist obedience if they have an ally who will stand up to the authority figure.
- They act as role model. Milgram: obedience dropped to 10% from 65%.
- Evaluation
- Allen and Levine (1971): found social support is helpful in resisting conformity, but more so if they are perceived as offering valid support.
- Evidence in the real world: Rosenstrasse protest = 200 Jewish prisoners were released after the presence of disobedient peers gave courage and confidence to the group to stand up to the authority.
- Locus of Control
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