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define resistance?
ability for people to
withstand
social pressure
to
conform
to
majority
&
obey authority
2 explanations of resistance?
situational
-
social support
dispositional
-
locus
of
control
social support - resisting conformity?
people
resist pressure
to
conform
as they have an
ally
- someone who
supports
their
point
of
view
asch example of resistance?
when another person is
present
in group who
resists
pressure to
conform
&
behaves
in their
own way
makes others
less
likely to
conform
having an ally?
builds
confidence
& allows individual to remain
independent
individual who have
support
for their pov no longer feel
ridiculed
- allows them to avoid
NSI
more likely to
resist
pressure
to
conform
social support resisting obedience?
presence
of
disobedient
peer
leads to others also
resisting
pressure
to
obey authority figure
theres a
dissenter
so builds
confidence
& allows individual to remain
independent
social support & diffusion of responsibility?
the more people who
disobey
the
less severe
the
consequences
are likely to be
2 * for social support?
evidence to support from
asch
evidence to support from
milgram
* evidence from asch?
unanimity variation
-
confederate
said
different
answer to
majority
gave
ally
/
dissenter
causing
conformity
to
decrease
from
75%
to
5%
felt
less pressure
to say answer of
majority
group
resistance
to
conformity
is
higher
when theres
social support
of an
ally
provides us with
confidence
in our ideas -
avoid
need to use
NSI
as we do not feel
ridiculed
by group
* evidence from milgram?
variation
-
confederate
disobeyed
orders of experimenter &
refused
to give
electric
shock
obedience levels
dropped to
10%
resistance
levels were
90%
when
social support
of
disobedient
peer
present feel
less pressure
to
obey
more likely to remain in
autonomous
state
X reductionist?
reduces
social influence
to 1 explanation that being
social support
pro - likely to be
accurate
as it examines only
1 component
-
great detail
&
scientific
eg conduct
lab
experiments
so evs are controlled
con -
ignores
other
factors
that could be involved -
personality
cannot explain why
everyone
resists
does not take into
account
all
factors
holistic
approach
would be better
what is locus of control?
whether we
think
we control our
own behaviour
/something else
can be
internal
or
external
describes
extent
to which an
individual
feels in
control
of what happens to them
strong external locus of control?
when someone believes what happens to them is due to
external forces
in
environment
-
luck
/
fate
/
other people
strong internal locus of control?
describes someone who believes they are in
control
of what
happens
to
them
these people are more likely to
resist social influence
- feel
responsible
&
accept consequences
of their
actions
as their
own
2 * for locus of control?
evidence to support from
oliner
&
oliner
evidence to
support
from
holland
* evidence to support from oliner & oliner 1998?
interviewed non jewish
people who lived during
holocaust
in
germany
g1 - those who
protected
&
rescued jews
from
nazis
g2 - those who did
not
help
found that those who
helped
scores indicating
internal
l.o.c
people with
internal l.o.c
believe theyre in
control
of
own actions
more likely to
disobey
& not
conform
more likely to
resist
* evidence to support from holland 1967?
conducted
replication
of
milgrams
original study
found that those who more likely
disobey
had
internal
l.o.c
shows people with
internal
l.o.c more likely to
disobey
&
resist social influence pressure
X metholodogy problems?
questionnaires
used to
measure
l.o.c
some p may lie to give
socially
desirable
answers
inaccurate
data is
collected
cannot be
certain
that
internal
l.o.c explains
resistance
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