Types of conformity Flashcards

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What can conformity be defined as?

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When a person changes their behaviours, attitudes or values due to real or imagined group pressure.

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What is compliance?

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The behaviour is simply to fit in with a group. Once away from the group, behaviour and opinions will go back to ‘normal’.

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What is identification?

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When a person conforms to the behaviours of a group because there is something they value about the group.

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What is internalisation?

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When a person genuinely believes and accepts a group norm. This would be publicly and privately as it is now part of the way they think.

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