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SOCIAL INFLUENCE (RESISTANCE) - Coggle Diagram
SOCIAL INFLUENCE (RESISTANCE)
THEORIES
social support
if we are with someone who is disobeying we are more likely to disobey as well
feel less pressure, punishment will be less severe so will build confidence
RESEARCH - two teachers were in the room, they told them that once the victim recieved 150 volts, they had a heart condition. This lead to 90% of the people stopping and refusing to shock anymore
Locus of control
the extent to which people believe they can control their own lives
2 types
internal - people believe that what happens in their life is due to their own decisions (more likely to resist)
external - due to luck or fate, little control over what's happening
SPECTER
157 students
all completed a questionnaire to decide if they had internal or external locus of control
placed in different scenarios where they were measuring conformity
found if the person had a high internal locus of control they were more likely to resist normative social influence - didn't have any effect on informational social influence
findings: does have an impact on resistance but only partially
OLINER AND OLINER
interviewed non jewish survivors of WW2 - put them into the groups of those who resisted the Nazi's and those that didnt
those that didn't follow the orders were found to have a higher locus of control
valid study, real life experience
supports