1.1.1 Types of conformity

Question 1

What are the 3 types of conformity?

Answer 1

Compliance, Internalisation and identification.

Question 2

Explain compliance.

Answer 2

When an individual is conforming to a group publicly, even though they disagree privately.

Question 3

Explain internalisation.

Answer 3

When an individual is exposed to different views of a group and accepts them both publicly and privately.

Question 4

Explain identification.

Answer 4

When an individual temporalily adopts the behaviour of a role model or group.

Question 5

Example of compliance.

Answer 5

A person may say they are vegan because all their friends are, but then behind their backs they still eat meat.

Question 6

Example of internalisation.

Answer 6

If all your friends are vegan and you decide to be one as well, changing your whole lifestyle and have no thoughts of going back to your old diet.

Question 7

Example of identification.

Answer 7

You begin to dress like your friends because you admire the way they look or you eat vegan around the vegan friends but meat away from them.