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Situational and dispositional factors
- The ability to withstand social pressure to conform or obey.
-Dispositional and situational factors
If others aren't conforming the pressure is reduced- Asch- conformity levles dropped to 25%
The other person acts as a model
MILGRAM- Conformity dropped from 65% to 10% when joined by disobedient confederate.
ALLEN AND LEVINE 1971
Conformity decreased when there was one dissenter in an Asch-type study...
Occured even if the dissenter wore thick glasses and said he had difficulty with his vision.
RANK AND JACOBSON 1997
Part of a replica of the Hofling experiment found that the nurses wouldn't blindly follow the instructions given if they had the oppourtunity to discuss with others first.
2/18 nurses carried out the lethal dosage.
INTERNAL VS EXTERNAL
INTERNAL VS EXTERNAL
INTERNAL- The belief that YOU have control over your life...
EXTERNAL- The belief that SOMEBODY ELSE has control over your life...
If someone takes personal responsibility fro their actions, they are more likely to base their decisions on THEIR OWN beliefs.
HIGH INTERNAL= more self confident, more achievemnt orientated, higher intelligence and less need for social approval.
TWENGE 2004
-Reviewed American obedience studies over the 40yr period (1960-2002)
- Found overtime people have become MORE RESISTANT to obedience but they were also MORE EXTERNAL- Not as linked as we thought...
ROTTER- LOC only affects social influence in novel situations & little influemce in simialr situations. People who have conformed before are less likely to do it again.
HOLLAND 1967
Replication of Milgram...
-37% of intervals did not continue to the highest shock level
-23% of externals did continue
TWENGE 2004
-Reviewed American obedience studies over the 40yr period (1960-2002)
- Found overtime people have become MORE RESISTANT to obedience but they were also MORE EXTERNAL- Not as linked as we thought...
ROTTER- LOC only affects social influence in novel situations & little influemce in simialr situations. People who have conformed before are less likely to do it again.