conformity types and explanations ao1

Question 1

define conformity

Answer 1

a change in a persons behaviour or opinions as a result of real or imagined pressure from a person or group of people

Question 2

3 types of conformity

Answer 2

compliance
internalisation
identification

Question 3

define compliance

Answer 3

shallowest level of conformity
a person changes their public behaviour, the way they act but not their private beliefs

Question 4

define identification

Answer 4

moderate level of conformity
conform to the behaviours and opinions of the group because there is something about that group that we value

Question 5

define internalisation

Answer 5

deepest and most permanent level of conformity
person changes both public and private regardless of whether the group is there or not

Question 6

2 explanations of conformity

Answer 6

normative social influence
informational social influence

Question 7

describe normative social influence
- what types of conformity associated with it?
- when this occurs who is someone with
- what kind of process

Answer 7

when a person conforms to be accepted into a group. conforms because its socially rewarding/avoid social rejection.
- associated with compliance and identification
- occurs when with strangers pr close friends and is an emotional process

Question 8

describe informational social influence
-what types of conformity associated with it?
- when this occurs who is someone with
- what kind of process

Answer 8

when a person conforms to gain knowledge or because they believe that someone else is right.
change in belief is bc they genuinely believe it’s right
- associated with internalisation
- occurs in the presence of experts when task is difficult
- a cognitive process