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Resistance to social influence
Locus of control
LOC - AO3
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Strength: Research support
What? Research
evidence
for
link
between
LOC
and
resistance to obedience
Who?
Holland
-
Milgram-style
study -
37%
of internals
resisted authority
and
23
% of externals
resisted authority
Why?
Validity
of LOC
Limitation: Contradictory research
What?
Evidence
challenging
link
between
LOC
and
resistance
Who?
Twenge
et al. - People over time became
more resistant
to
obedience
but also
more external
Why? LOC not
valid explanation