Conformity

Question 1

What is the meaning of conformity?

Answer 1

Conformity is the tendency to change what we do think or say in response to the influence of real or imagined pressure from others.

Question 2

How many times of conformity is there?

Answer 2

3 types

Question 3

What is compliance?

Answer 3

The weakest form of conformity Conforming publicly but continuing privately to disagree.

Question 4

what is the name of the 3 types of conformity?

Answer 4

Compliance
Identification
Internalisation

Question 5

What is identifcation?

Answer 5

The moderate form of conformity
Where we act the same as the group because we share the same values and want to be accepted.The change only occurs to be part of the group and is often temporary

Question 6

What is internalisation?

Answer 6

The strongest form of conformity
When a person conforms publicly and privately because they are internalised and have accepted the views of the group

Question 7

What are the two reasons why people conform ?

Answer 7

Based on central humans needs
to be liked
to be right

Question 8

Who found out the reasons why we conform?

Answer 8

Deutsch and Gerard (1955) who developed a two - process theory which proposes that there are two main reasons why people conform

Question 9

What is normative social influence ?

Answer 9

To be normal like other people
so be liked by the majority we go along even if we disagree.

Question 10

What is informational social influence?

Answer 10

to be normal like the other people
look for the majority group for information
If we don’t know what the right thing is we copy the majority to be right