AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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. Conformity has important social implications and continues to be actively researched.

Detailed explanation-2: -Harvard psychologist Herbert Kelman identified three major types of conformity: compliance, identification, and internalization. Compliance is public conformity, while possibly keeping one’s own original beliefs independent.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Conformity theory in psychology is a model that describes how people can conform to the behavior of others or a group. This can be done by showing a person or group of people what they want to see and then rewarding them for it.

Detailed explanation-5: -Normative and informational influences are two important types of conformity, but there are also a number of other reasons why we conform.