SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE
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A change in thoughts, feelings or behaviour to be in accordance with other people or social norms
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A change in thoughts, feelings or behaviour as a result of direct pressure from a person in authority
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Change in thoughts, feelings or behaviour as a result of indirect pressure from a person in authority
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A change in thoughts, feelings or behaviour as a result of a direct request by someone with no authority
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Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. Conformity is the tendency to change our perceptions, opinions, or behaviors in ways that are consistent with group norms. Norms are implicit, specific rules shared by a group of individuals on how they should behave.
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. Conformity has important social implications and continues to be actively researched.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. It is motivated by the need for approval and the fear of being rejected.
Detailed explanation-4: -Conformity is used to describe behaviour change in response to an implied, rather than explicit, social norm, while obedience is behaviour change in response to a direct, or explicit, order.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following is the best definition of conformity? Changing one’s attitude or behavior to match a perceived social norm.