Dispositional factors

• Dispositional meaning

  • Characteristics of a person
• Personality

  • Internal locus of control leads to lower conformity
  • Burger and cooper's study: Participants with a high desire for control were less likely to agree with a confederate's rating
• Evaluation of personality

  • Control is less important in familiar situations
• Expertise

  • More knowledgable people tend to conform less
  • Self-confessed maths experts were less likely to conform to other's answers to maths problems
• Evaluation of expertise

  • No single factor to explain conformity