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Resistance to Social Influence - Coggle Diagram
Resistance to Social Influence
Conformity
Social support enables an individual to resist conformity
In Asch's study, when there was an ally, conformity rates dropped from 33% to 5.5%
The dissenter acts as a role model
Obedience
individuals are more likely to resist obedience if they have someone willing to join them
Milgram (1963): rates dropped from 65% to 10% when the ppts were joined by a disobedient confederate
Rotter (1966)
Locus of control
Internal - controls self
External - controlled by others
Social support A03
Allen and Levine (1969)
Even one dissenter led to a decrease in conformity rates
Mullen (1990)
when someone broke the law by jaywalking ppts were more likely to jaywalk themselves
Locus of control A03
Shute (1975)
Those with an internal LOC conformed less to expressing pro-drug attitudes
Twenge (2004)
There is an increase of externals between 1960 and 2002
Avtgis (1998)
Those who scored highly on external LOC tended to be more easily persuaded
Cultural variations in locus of control