Conformity

Question 1

How many types of conformity are there

Answer 1

3

Question 2

What are the three types of conformity

Answer 2

compliance
internalisation
identification

Question 3

What is Compliance

Answer 3

going along with others behaviour or opinion in public

but privatley not changing personal opinions/behaviours

Question 4

What kind of change does compiance result in

Answer 4

superficial

Question 5

How does compliance affect a particular behaviour/opinion when group pressure stops

Answer 5

the particular behaviour or opinion stops when group pressure stops

Question 6

Identification

Answer 6

conforming to the opinions/behaviours of a group

because there’s suttin about the group we value

we identify with the group so want to be a part of it

Question 7

Identification may mean we * change …

Answer 7

publicly change our opinions/behaviours

to be accepted by the group

even if we dont privatley agree with everything the group stands for

Question 8

Internalisation

Answer 8

when a person genuinley accepts the groups norms

resulting in a private and public change of opinions/brhaviours

Question 9

T/F Internalisation is permanent

Answer 9

true

Question 10

Why is internalisation usually permanent

Answer 10

attitudes have been internalised

Question 11

What does internalised mean

Answer 11

become part of the way a person thinks

Question 12

In internalisation how does the change in behaviour/opinion persist

Answer 12

persists even in abscence of group members

Question 13

What did Deutsch and Gerard (1955) develop

Answer 13

a two process theory

Question 14

What did the two process theory argue by D & G

Answer 14

there are two main reasons people conform

Question 15

the two main reasons people conform are based on

Answer 15

two central human needs

Question 16

what are the two central human needs

Answer 16

the need to be right (ISI)

the need to be liked (NSI)

Question 17

What is informational socila influence about

Answer 17

who has the better info - you or the rest of the group

Question 18

in terms of ISI , often we are uncertain about …..

Answer 18

what behaviours are right or wrong

Question 19

give an example of ISI

Answer 19

didnt study for a test so dont know answer to q in class

most of class gives one answer , you accept it cause you feel they are likely to be right

Question 20

ISI why do we follow the behaviour of a group(majority) because

Answer 20

we want to be right

Question 21

What type of process is ISI

Answer 21

Cogntitive

Question 22

Why is ISI a cognitive process

Answer 22

it’s to do with what you think

Question 23

What type of change does ISI lead to

Answer 23

permanent change in behaviour/opinon (i.e internalisation)

Question 24

What type of situations does ISI occur in

Answer 24

situations that are new to a person

situations where there’s some ambiguity

crisis situations