Social support

• What is it ?


  Situational explanation as says we don’t conform or obey as we gain the confidence due to others also disagreeing
• What is social support for conformity ?

  • others don’t conform so we gain the confidence to not conform aswell
• Research support for social support (conformity)

  1. Ash added a confederate who broke unanimity
  2. reduction in conformity 37% to 5%
• Social support for obedience ?

  • people more likely to resist if they can find an ally who joins them
  • disobedient peers are role models
• Research support for obedience ?

  Milgram- pp took part in group of 3

  • 2 confess refused to continue then withdrew from experiment
  • obedience dropped from 65% to 10%
• What is evaluation ?

  1. use locus of control to challenge
  2. maybe resist due to both explanations
  3. research support