Social Influence: Types of Conformity

Question 1

What type of conformity is the least permanent and most superficial?

Answer 1

Compliance

Question 2

What type of conformity is a stronger type of conformity, involving private as well as public change in beliefs and behaviours?

Answer 2

Identification

Question 3

What type of conformity is the deepest and most permanent change?

Answer 3

Internalisation

Question 4

Name the variables that affect conformity (3)

Answer 4

Group Size

Unanimity

Task Difficulty

Question 5

What type of conformity results in a public but not private behaviour change?

Answer 5

Compliance

Question 6

What type of conformity results in a public but not private behaviour change?

Answer 6

Compliance

Question 7

What type of conformity is linked to NSI?

Answer 7

Compliance

Question 8

Compliance is linked to which explanation of conformity?

Answer 8

NSI

Question 9

What happens to public & private behaviour during compliance?

Answer 9

Public behaviour change but revert back in private

Question 10

What level of conformity is compliance?

Answer 10

Most superficial & least permanent

Question 11

What type of conformity is the following:

When Jenny is with her vegetarian friends she agrees that eating meat is harmful to the environment. However, when she goes home she eats meat every night for her tea.

Answer 11

Compliance

Question 12

What type of conformity is where individuals look to a group for guidance and adjust their behaviour because they want to belong to the group?

Answer 12

Identification

Question 13

What type of conformity is when we conform due to wanting to become a member of the group?

Answer 13

Identification

Question 14

What type of conformity is where individuals publicly and privately change their behaviours and belief to go along with a group?

Answer 14

Internalisation

Question 15

What type of conformity is where an individual accepts the group’s beliefs into their own cognitions?

Answer 15

Internalisation

Question 16

What type of conformity is linked to ISI?

Answer 16

Internalisation

Question 17

What type of conformity is the following:

When Jenny goes to University, she decides to become a Vegan because her best friends are vegan. Even when she goes home in the summer holidays, she will only eat Vegan food. However, when Jenny leaves University and becomes a Lawyer her work friends are vegetarian and Jenny changes her beliefs and diet to be accepted by her new work friends.

Answer 17

Identification

Question 18

What type of conformity is the following:

When Jenny goes to University, she decides to become a Vegan because her best friends are vegan. Even when she goes home in the summer holidays, she will only eat Vegan food. However, when Jenny leaves University and becomes a Lawyer she continues to only eat Vegan food because she believes this is right for the environment.

Answer 18

Internalisation

Question 19

During identification, when do individuals conform?

Answer 19

When they lack knowledge and look to group for guidance

Question 20

During identification, why do individuals change their beliefs & behaviours?

Answer 20

As we want to become a member of the group

Question 21

MCQ1

Answer 21

C

Question 22

MCQ2

Answer 22

B & D

Question 23

What type of conformity is this;

Conforming to the behaviour of a role model / adopting a role within the group

Answer 23

Identification