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Resistance to social influence
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What does resistance to social influence refer to?
Ability to withstand
social pressure
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What factors influence the ability to resist social influence?
Situational
and
dispositional
factors
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How does social support help individuals resist social influence?
By providing
models of resistance
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What is social support in the context of social influence?
Presence of people resisting
conformity
or obedience
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What is the difference between internal and external locus of control?
Internals
believe they control events;
externals
believe luck does
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What does locus of control (LOC) refer to?
Sense
of
what
directs
events
in
our
lives
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How do people with internal LOC typically behave in terms of resistance?
They are more likely to resist
conformity
and
obedience
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What did Asch's research demonstrate about social support and conformity?
Social support helps
resist conformity
but is not
long-lasting
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How did Milgram's variations show the effect of social support on obedience?
Obedience dropped when a disobedient
confederate
was present
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What was the obedience rate in Milgram's study when a disobedient confederate was present?
It dropped from
65%
to
10%
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What are the strengths of social support in resisting conformity and obedience?
Allen and Levine
(
1971
) found decreased
conformity
with a dissenter
Gamson et al (1982) showed higher resistance in
groups
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What did Allen and Levine (1971) find regarding conformity?
Conformity decreased with one dissenter
present
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Why did Gamson et al (1982) find higher levels of resistance than Milgram?
Participants were in
groups
, providing peer
support
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What percentage of groups in Gamson's study rebelled?
88%
(
29
out of
33
groups)
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What are the strengths of locus of control (LOC) in resisting authority?
Holland
(
1967
) found
internals
showed greater resistance
37%
of internals did not continue to highest shock level
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What did Holland (1967) find in relation to LOC and resistance?
Internals showed greater resistance to
authority
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What did Twenge et al (2004) analyze regarding LOC over 40 years?
People became more
resistant
but also more
external
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What challenge does Twenge et al's research present to LOC and resistance?
It challenges the
link
between LOC and resistance
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What could explain the contradictory findings in Twenge et al's research?
Changing society
that we cannot control
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