Resisting social influence

• what is social support?


  if there is someone supporting their point of view. having an ally can build confidence and allow individuals to remain independent
• what is locus of control?

  the extent to which people believe they have control over their own lives
• what does it mean to have an internal locus of control?

  what happens in their life in the result of their own behaviour and that they have control over their life
• what does it mean if someone has an external locus of control?


  what happens to them is controlled by external factors and that they do not have complete control over their life.