Social Influence

~ Explanations of resistance to social influence ~

Social support can help resist social influence and obedience.  

For social influence the other person does not have to give the right answer just must go against the group. 

For obedience if there is another person that is seen to disobey – Milgram’s study – obedience drops from 65% to 10% 

Locus of control - Rotter 1966 = internals believe that they are mostly responsible for what happens. External believe it is mainly the matter of luck or other outside forces. 

Continuum – there is a continuum with high internal LOC end and high external LOC at the other end of the continuum, with low internal and low external lying in between.