Rotter's locus of control (1966)
Select out of statements a and b and count scores at the end
More likely to resist social
Low score = internal high score = external
pressure as they are in
control
Evaluation of social Internals = things that happen to Externals = things happen
them are controlled by themselves without their control
support Ey doing bad in exam = bad
E G doing well in exam = hard work
teacher
Social support is important to resisting conformity
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Albrecht evaluated an American programme which discovered pregnant teens were
Conformity
·
more likely to resist smoking if paired with buddy
Asch's results
⑰
If you give someone with addiction a buddy who doesn't drink/ do drugs but has
6
Original research = 33%
overcome an addiction they are less likely to drink or do drugs as they fall into an 1 correct dissenter = 5%
agent state and follow their buddy 1 incorrect dissenter= 9%
D
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Case study - Claudette Colvin Resistance to SI
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Research by Gamson showed group ppts were more
&
likely to resist social influence when asked to falsify Most important aspect of social support is that it
evidence and facts than when they were alone as breaks unanimous position of the majority
they felt supported
Supporters and dissenters reduce conformity because
&
However when Claudette Colvin did the bus boycott they raise the idea of other legitimate ways of
-
Obedience
she wasn't successful but when Rosa Parks did it she thinking and responding
was very successful
Mitgram's variations
%...
Presence of an ally provides the individual with more
D
-
confidence in their decision and are more likely to
Original research = 65%
*
Claudette lacked friends with major influence and stand up to the majority (NSI)
was also very young whereas Rosa Parks had friends 1 disobedient confederate with ppt =10%
such as Martin Luther king and so people saw her as
an authoritarian figure and followed what she was
doing
-
Disobedient peers act as role models on which the individual can model their own behaviour
Disobedient models reduce unanimity of group making it easier to act independently
&
Individuals can use defiance of peers as an opportunity to extricate themselves from having to
·
cause further harm to a victim as a result of their obedience
Select out of statements a and b and count scores at the end
More likely to resist social
Low score = internal high score = external
pressure as they are in
control
Evaluation of social Internals = things that happen to Externals = things happen
them are controlled by themselves without their control
support Ey doing bad in exam = bad
E G doing well in exam = hard work
teacher
Social support is important to resisting conformity
-
Albrecht evaluated an American programme which discovered pregnant teens were
Conformity
·
more likely to resist smoking if paired with buddy
Asch's results
⑰
If you give someone with addiction a buddy who doesn't drink/ do drugs but has
6
Original research = 33%
overcome an addiction they are less likely to drink or do drugs as they fall into an 1 correct dissenter = 5%
agent state and follow their buddy 1 incorrect dissenter= 9%
D
-
Case study - Claudette Colvin Resistance to SI
-
Research by Gamson showed group ppts were more
&
likely to resist social influence when asked to falsify Most important aspect of social support is that it
evidence and facts than when they were alone as breaks unanimous position of the majority
they felt supported
Supporters and dissenters reduce conformity because
&
However when Claudette Colvin did the bus boycott they raise the idea of other legitimate ways of
-
Obedience
she wasn't successful but when Rosa Parks did it she thinking and responding
was very successful
Mitgram's variations
%...
Presence of an ally provides the individual with more
D
-
confidence in their decision and are more likely to
Original research = 65%
*
Claudette lacked friends with major influence and stand up to the majority (NSI)
was also very young whereas Rosa Parks had friends 1 disobedient confederate with ppt =10%
such as Martin Luther king and so people saw her as
an authoritarian figure and followed what she was
doing
-
Disobedient peers act as role models on which the individual can model their own behaviour
Disobedient models reduce unanimity of group making it easier to act independently
&
Individuals can use defiance of peers as an opportunity to extricate themselves from having to
·
cause further harm to a victim as a result of their obedience
