Resisting to social influence

2 ways of resisting to social influence

Independence

Non-conformity

What is independence when not conforming to social influence?

Lack of consistent movement towards or away from social expectations

What is

Lack of consistent movement towards or away from social expectations

Independence

What is anti-conformity?

Consistent movement away from social conformity

What is

Consistent movement away from social conformity

Anti-conformity

What are 2 explanations for resistance to social conformity?

Social support (situational/ external explanation)

Locus of control (dispositional/ internal explanation)

What type of explanation is Social support?

Situational / external

What type of explanation is Locus of control?

Dispositional / internal

What is social support?

Others in social situation defy attempts to make them conform so pressure to conform is reduced

What is

Others in social situation defy attempts to make them conform so pressure to conform is reduced

Social support

2 studies that supports Social support

Asch : Another person disagreeing dropped conformity to 5%

Milgram: P joined by a disobedient P dropped obedience from 65% to 10%

What is locus of control?

Extent to which people believe they have control over their lives

2 types: external + internal

What is an external locus of control?

Things happen to you

What is believing that things happen to you?

External locus of control

What is internal locus of control?

You make things happen

What is believing that you make things happen?

Internal locus of control

What can factors both inside + outside the body affect?

Someone's resistance to conformity

Who proposed Locus of control?

Rotter (1966)

What type of control is more likely to resist pressures to conform?

Internal

What type of control is more likely to succumb to social pressures to conform?

External

Locus of control is a

continuum

Why is locus of control a continuum?

Not as simple as being either internal or external

Is Locus control simply internal or external?

No

it exists on a continuum