Resistance to Social Influence

• social support

  a situational explanation: the presence of people who resist pressures to conform or obey can help others to do the same
• internal locus of control proposed by Rotter (1966)

  dispositional explanation: the belief that we are responsible for what happens in our lives
• external locus of control

  dispositional explanation: the belief that what happens in our lives is caused by events outside of our control
• how Asch and Milgram showed evidence for social support increasing resistance to conformity

  Asch: a dissenting confederate decreased conformity from 33% to 5.5.%

  Milgram: seeing a confederate disobey orders reduced obedience from 65% to 10%
• how locus of control is linked to resistance to social influence

  people who have a high internal locus of control are more likely to be able to resist social pressure

  • more self confident and don't require approval from group
  • are information seekers- rely less on opinion of others= more likely to go against others