SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE
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When we follow the commands of someone with authority, or the rules or laws of society
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When we change our behaviour upon another person’s request to do so
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When we change our behaviour to be in accordance with those around us
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When we change our behaviour to be in accordance with social norms
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Detailed explanation-1: -: submissive to the restraint or command of authority : willing to obey. an obedient child. an obedient dog. obedient to those whom he feared A. N. Wilson.
Detailed explanation-2: -Obedience to authority is the tendency people have to try to please those in charge. Psychological evidence indicates that people tend to respect and follow those whom they perceive to have legitimate authority. This can lead to trouble if it causes people to fail to exercise their own independent ethical judgment.
Detailed explanation-3: -Psychologists have typically defined obedience as a form of social influence elicited in response to direct orders from an authority figure.
Detailed explanation-4: -comply. verb. to obey a rule or law, or to do what someone asks you to do.