Explanations Of Resistance To Social Influence AO1

• AOL-Queline


  or 123 Co
• ROTTER proposed char locus of control


  Affects this
• Having an INTERNAL LOC


  The person is more likely to resuse S1
• Internals


  • Believe they control their own circumstances and feel personally responsible for their actions
  • Have more self-confidence than externals, who think the things that happen to them are outside their control
• Rotter said there was a LOC continuum


  It can be measured on a scale
• High internals


  • Have higher intelligence and are more achievement oriented
  • Are less concerned with social approval
• SOCIAL SUPPORT


  Increases resistance to St
• Non-conformity is more likely if others are seen to resist influence


  Conformity dropped with a dissenter, even if they gave a different wrong answer-it seemed to free the participant to behave more independently
• Having a disobedient role model


  Decreases obedience, Milgram found obedience dropped to 10% if there was a disobedient confederate - they may not act exactly the same, but the role model frees the participant to act from their own conscience, le challenges the legitimacy of the authority figure