Social influence Flashcards
Conformity
A change in a persons behaviour or opinion as a result of real or imagined pressure from a person or group
Lowest level of conformity
Compliance
Middle level of conformity
Identification
Highest level of conformity
Internalisation
Compliance
Temporary agree in public but privately don’t change opinions. Behaviour resumes to normal when group pressure is gone.
Identification
Want to become part of the group even if we don’t privately agree with everything the group stands for
Internalisation is
Genuinely accept group norms resulting in a private and public change of behaviour/opinion, permanently.
Informational social influence
Desire to be correct so conform with who we believe is right. Its a cognative process and likely to occur when in ambiguous situations.