Types of Conformity and Explanations

Question 1

What is 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

What are the three types of conformity?

Answer 2

There’s Internalisation, Identification and Compliance.

Question 3

What is internalisation?

Deep type

Answer 3

When we take on the majority view because we accept it as correct (lasts when group is absent).

Question 4

What’s identification?

Moderate type

Answer 4

When we act in the same way with the group because we value it and want to be part of it (don’t necessarily agree with what group believes)

Question 5

What is Compliance?

Superficial and temporary type

Answer 5

It’s a temporary type of conformity where we pretend to go along with the majority view but privately disagree with it (lasts as long as the group is monitoring us)

Question 6

What is informational social influence?

Answer 6

When we agree with the opinion of the majority because we believe it is correct. We accept it because we want to be correct as well. (Sort of internalisation)

Question 7

What is normative social influence?

Answer 7

When we agree with the opinion of the majority because we want to be accepted, gain social approval and be liked.
(Sort of Compliance)

Question 8

Any Evaluations?

Answer 8

Research support for informational social influence, Individual differences for normative social influence, individual differences and normative social influence work together etc.