Resistance to social influence

What is the locus of control

It refers to a persons perception of personal control over their own behaviour

It is measured on a scale of high internal to high external

What end of the scale is less likely to conform and obey

Internal

what research supports the LOC

And describe it

Oliner & Oliner

They interviewed 2 groups of non-jewish people who lived in the Holocaust. They interviewed 406 people who had rescued & protected jewish people from the nazis & 126 who had not.

This gives the internal locus of control validity as its a real life situation

What research opposes the LOC. why and describe the study

Twenge et al

They analysed data from obedience studies over 40 year period. The data showed that overtime people became more resistant to obedience and more external