Seeing others resist reduces the pressure to obey, increasing confidence, breaks unanimity
Locus of Control - Rotter (1966)
Sense of what controls their life, scaling low to high in Internal and External control
High Internal = own actions control life, responsible
High External = controlled by external forces
Having a high internal can lead to being able to resist social influence
(+) A03: Holland (1967)
Replicated Milgrams, 37% with Internal LOC refused to continue compared to 23% with External LOC
(+) A03: Asch (1951)
Unanimity showed conformity to drop in variable study by 25%
(-) A03: Twenge
Meta analysis of studies over 40 years, reported that Americans are becoming for externally LOC, due to high suicide, divorce and mental illness; also implying that conformity is being resisted more, contradicting LOC
