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Resistance to social influence., Since Asch and Milgram’s research,…

- - - - DISSENT.
        
        To differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority
        
        The law, aimed at silencing dissent, shattered the notion that Hong Kong’s legislature is independent from Beijing.
  - - - In one of Milgram's variations, the rate of obedience dropped from 65% to 10% when the participant was joined by a disobedient confederate.
- - - - People differ in the way they explain their successes and failures, but it isn’t simply a matter of being internal and external. There is a continuum with high internal LOC at one end and high external LOC at the other end of the continuum, with low internal and low external lying in between.
    - - People who have an internal LOC are more likely to be able to resist pressures to conform or obey. This is because if a person takes personal responsibility for their actions and experience good or bad then they are more likely to base their decisions on their own beliefs and this resist pressure from others.
        Another explanation for the link with greater resistance is that people with high external LOC tend to be more self-confident, more achievement-oriented, have higher intelligence, and have less need for social approval. These personality traits lead to greater resistance to social influence.
    - - The role of LOC in resisting social influence may have been somewhat exaggerated. Rotter 1982 points out that LOC only comes into play in novel situations. It has very little influence on our behavior in a familiar situation where our previous experiences will always be more important.
        This point is often overlooked in the discussion of LOC and resistance. It means that people who have conformed or obeyed in specific situations in the past are likely to do so again, even if they have a high internal LOC.