Resistance to social influence

• Resistance to social influence- ability to withstand social pressure to conform to majority or obery authority
• 2 explanation to resistance

  1. Locus of control
  2. Social Support
• Social support- modelling resistance to help others do the same- reducing pressures to conform or obey
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  + [Albrecht] Research to support social support in an Teen fresh start USA 8 week programme on resisting pressures to smoke
• Locus of control- refers to the extent to which individuals believethat they have control over events in their lives
• Internals- believe that they are mostly responsible for what happens to them
• Externals- mainly a matter of luck/outside forces
• High internals- more self-confidence, intelligence and characteristic of leaders
• High internals resist pressures to obey or conform
• High externals see no point in resisting
• Rotter proposed a continuum for internals and externals
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  +[Holland]-Research to support LOC -internals show greater resistance to authority. Repeated Milgram's baseline - 37% internals didn't continue and 23% externals
• -[twenge et al ]Contradictory research for LOC - resitance increased but so did internals?