AP PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Adjusting one’s behavior or thinking toward a group standard is called
A
the reciprocity norm.
B
peripheral route persuasion.
C
social loafing.
D
conformity.
E
obedience.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Conformity is the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms, politics or being like-minded. Norms are implicit, specific rules, shared by a group of individuals, that guide their interactions with others.

Detailed explanation-2: -conformity, the process whereby people change their beliefs, attitudes, actions, or perceptions to more closely match those held by groups to which they belong or want to belong or by groups whose approval they desire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Conformity: Adjusting one’s behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard (Chartrand & Bargh, 1999).

Detailed explanation-4: -Conformity: Matching one’s attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms, beliefs, and practices. Normative Conformity: Conformity which is driven by the desire to be liked or accepted by a social group.

Detailed explanation-5: -Conformity: Adjusting one’s behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.

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