social support

Cards (6)

  • SOCIAL SUPPORT - SITUATIONAL explanation of resistance to obedience
    • presence of others going against the majority opinion
    • significantly reduces perceived risk of disobedience
    • gives individual confidence
  • Diffusion of responsibility
    • less severe consequences
    • counters feeling of vulnerability/isolation, legitimising resistance
  • Ally breaks unanimity
    • creates alternate group to belong to
  • If one has a disobedient role model
    • more likely to resist authority
    • role model challenges legitimacy of authority
  • Milgram - 3 teachers variation
    • obedience rate went from 65% to 10%
    • argues this was because of defiant actions from peers
    • reduces experimenters legitimacy of authority
  • Asch - unanimity variation
    • 1 other gave correct answer
    • conformity went from 32% to 5.5%
    • supported by Allen & Levine study