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Summary AQA A level psychology resistance to social influence
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Summary of 3 pages for the course Social Influence at AQA (Detailed A01 + A03)
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L7 - resistance to social influence:This refers to ability of people to withstand the social pressure to conform to the majority
or obey authority
Influences by both situational and dispositional factors
Social support:
The pressure to conform can be resisted if there are other people present who are also not
conforming - this is because you have someone else to fall back to if you are rejected
Asch’s line study when a dissenting confederate was present = caused the conformity of naive
ppts declined to 25%
● due to someone else not following majority = provides social support and enable the
ppts to be free and follow conscience - resists NSI and ISI - provides alternative source
of information / more likely to trust your own judgment
● Break unanimity of the group in conformity situations
Resisting obedience :
If pressure to obey is being resisted by someone else - more likely to disobey - stops you falling
into agentic state
● milgram's variations rate of obedience dropped to 10% when ppts was joined by a
disobedient confederate
● May not disobey in same way , but allows ppts to act on their own conscience
● Confederate presence challenged the legitimacy of authority figure so more easier for
others to disobey
● Zimbardo - gradual commitment = which is when you obey a small instructions you are
more likely to obey other instructions because you cannot say no
Locus of control :
Rotter - looked at how locus of control could impact conformity and obedience
● locus of control refers to how much a person believes they control what happens in their
lives
● Internals - mostly responsible for what happens to them
● Externals believe mainly a matter of luck or outside factors
E.g. internal - poor score in exam due to lack of studying
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