resistance to social influence

Cards (31)

  • What is social support in the context of resistance to social influence?

    Support from a dissenter helps resist pressure
  • How does social support affect conformity and obedience?

    It allows individuals to act independently
  • What was the result of Milgram’s variation with a disobedient confederate?

    Obedience fell to 10%
  • What does locus of control measure?

    Belief in personal control over life events
  • How do 'internals' differ from 'externals' in locus of control?

    Internals attribute success to personal effort
  • Why are 'internals' more likely to resist influence?
    They take personal responsibility for actions
  • What did Allen and Levine (1971) find about social support?

    Dissenters reduce conformity levels
  • What percentage of 'internals' refused to obey in Holland's study?
    37%
  • What did Twenge et al. (2004) find about locus of control in Americans?
    More resistant to obedience but more external
  • What is minority influence?
    Small group influences larger group's beliefs
  • What are the three key factors for successful minority influence?
    Consistency, commitment, and flexibility
  • What is the snowball effect in minority influence?
    Minority view becomes majority view over time
  • How did Moscovici's study demonstrate the importance of consistency?
    Participants agreed more with consistent confederates
  • What is a limitation of Moscovici's research on minority influence?
    It lacks external validity due to artificial tasks
  • What happens when participants can write answers down in Moscovici's variation?
    More agreement with the minority occurs
  • What is social change?
    Adoption of new attitudes by societies
  • How can a minority influence social change?
    By being consistent, committed, and flexible
  • What is social cryptoamnesia?
    Population forgets how change occurred
  • How does normative influence affect social change?
    Encourages others to conform to new behaviors
  • What did Nolan et al. (2008) find about energy use messages?
    Messages are more effective with social comparison
  • What do studies like Moscovici, Asch, and Milgram suggest about social change?
    Consistency and dissenters are important factors
  • Why does social change happen slowly in reality?
    Explanations of social change are limited
  • Who studied conformity by judging line lengths?
    Asch
  • What is the definition of obedience?
    Performing an action due to instruction
  • Which explanation of conformity results in internalisation?
    Informational influence
  • What percentage of Milgram’s participants went to the maximum shock level?
    65%
  • Who developed the concept of the authoritarian personality?
    Adorno
  • Are people with an external locus of control more or less likely to conform?
    More likely to conform
  • How many participants were in Milgram’s original study?
    40
  • Where did Zimbardo’s prison study take place?
    Stanford
  • Which of these is not a type of conformity?
    Normative