conformity

Question 1

what is conformity?

Answer 1

a type of social influence where individuals change their behaviour, attitudes or beliefs to align with a group due to real or imagined pressure

Question 2

what are the three types of conformity?

Answer 2

• compliance
• identification.
• internalisation

Question 3

what is compliance?

Answer 3

outwardly conforming to fit in whilst privately disagreeing

Question 4

what is identification?

Answer 4

conforming to expectations of a group because membership is desirable, but the behaviour/beliefs may only last as long as group association

Question 5

what is internalisation?

Answer 5

deep conformity where individuals permanently adopt groups beliefs/behaviour

Question 6

what is normative social influence?

Answer 6

NSI occurs when individuals conform to be liked , accepted and avoid rejection by a group.
often leads to compliance , where outward behaviour changes but private beliefs stay the same

Question 7

what is informational social influence

Answer 7

ISI occurs when individuals conform because they believe the group has more accurate knowledge and better judgment in unfamiliar situations, often leads to internalisation