Resistance

• Social Support


  The presence of people who resist pressures to conform or obey can help others to do the same. They act as models to shows others resistance to social influence is possible
• Locus of Control (LOC)


  Refers to the sense we each have about what directs events in our lives
• Internal Locus of Control


  believe the things that happen to them are largely controlled by themselves. More likely to resist social influence
• External Locus of Control


  believe the things that happen are outside of their control. More likely to obey or conform
• AO3 Social Support

  Strength

  P - there is research evidence for the positive effects of social support

  E - in an evaluation of a programme to help teen parents resist pressure to smoke social support was provided from an older buddy. Teens who had a buddy were less likely to smoke than those in the control group who did not.

  C - shows social support can help young people resist social influence in the real world
• AO3 Locus of Control

  Strength

  P - there is evidence to support the link between locus of control and resistance

  E  - a repetition of Milgram's study was done and measured whether people were internals or externals. They found that 37% of internal did not go all the way compared to 23% of externals. Internals showed grater resistance.

  C - shows that resistance is related to LOC which increases the validity of LOC as an explanation