Resistance to Social Influence

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Across
  1. 3. An individual's belief about what influences the outcomes in their life.
  2. 5. The researchers (1971) found that participants were more likely to resist conformity when supported by a dissenter, even when that dissenter wore thick glasses and appeared less credible
  3. 8. A belief that outcomes are primarily influenced by an individual's own actions, effort, decisions, and behaviours
  4. 10. The researcher et al. (1982) found that when participants were asked to generate evidence for an oil company to use in a smear campaign against a service station manager, 88% resisted the instructions
  5. 11. The researcher (1967) replicated Milgram's obedience study and found that individuals with an internal locus of control were more likely to resist giving higher electric shocks,
  6. 12. The researcher et al. (2004) analysed data from American young people over a 40-year period and found that levels of external locus of control had increased
Down
  1. 1. The presence of people who resist pressures to conform or obey can help others to do the same
  2. 2. A belief that outcomes are primarily influenced by factors outside an individual's control, such as luck, chance, fate, circumstances, or the actions of others.
  3. 4. The researcher et al. (2006) who found that participants with a more internal locus of control were significantly more likely to quit smoking than those in the control group.
  4. 6. The researcher (1974) found that obedience fell significantly when participants were placed with disobedient peers who refused to continue.
  5. 7. The researcher (1966) developed the concept of LOC.
  6. 9. The researcher (1951) found that participants conformed to an obviously incorrect majority judgement in a line-matching task