AQA PSYCH

Subdecks (5)

Cards (143)

  • Resistance to social Influence
    • Social support
    • Locus of control
  • Social support- refers to those who model resistance to social influence to help others do the same, reducing pressures to conform or obey
  • Resisiting obedience- Milgrams variation- joined by disobedient confederate- acted as a model - supports people to disobey
  • +reseach to support social support
    (alberchet)- teen fresh start USA- help pregnant teens resist pressure to smoke- those who had social support from a slighly older buddy - resisted social influence
  • Locus of control- refers to the extent which individuals believe that they have control over events in their lives - Rotter proposed a continuum
  • Internals- mostly responsible for what happens to them
  • Externals- mainly a matter of luck/outside forces