Conformity

Question 1

What is conformity also known as?

Answer 1

Majority influence

Question 2

What is conformity?

Answer 2

Conformity is yielding to group pressure

our behavior’s and belief’s are influenced by larger groups of people

Question 3

What are the types of conformity?

Answer 3

Compliance
Identification
Internalization

Question 4

Compliance

Answer 4

• a person goes along with other people’s behaviors or attitudes

-they comply publicly but their private view does not change

-they go along with beliefs to keep the peace and gain approval

-temporary when in the presence of groups

Question 5

Identification

Answer 5

-individuals adjust their behavior and opinions to those of the group as group membership is desirable

-both public and private

-but is often temporary

Question 6

Internalisation

Answer 6

-the individual accepts the view and believes the view to be correct

-so… conforming to other people’s beliefs both publicly and privately in the genuine belief they are correct

-permanent

Question 7

Why do people conform?

Answer 7

Informational social influence

Normative social influence

Question 8

Informational social influence

Answer 8

-Humans have a need for certainty (to be right)

-when uncertain they can look to others

-happens in unfamiliar situations or ambiguous situations

Question 9

Normative social influence

Answer 9

-humans have a need to be liked/social groups

-agreeing with the majority view because we want to be liked, accepted or gain approval

-occurs when you fear rejection from the group/ strangers

Question 10

Issues with the suggestion of conformity?

Answer 10

When psychologists proposed these suggestions…
they believed people to conform for only one of these reasons

Rather than it being more then one