Conformity: Types and explanations
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- Created on: 16-05-18 18:09
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- Conformity
- Types
- Identification
- Change in public belief to be accepted by a valued group but private beliefs stay the same
- Compliance
- Change in public belief but private beliefs remain the same
- Internalisation
- Change in public and private belief
- Identification
- Limitations
- Individual differences
- nAfflicters are more likely to be affected by NSI
- McGhee and Teevan
- need for affliction= more likely to conform
- Individual differences
- Explanations: Two-Process Theory
- Normative Social Influence (NSI)
- the need to be liked
- Informational Social Influence (ISI)
- the need to be right
- By Deustch and Gerard
- Normative Social Influence (NSI)
- Strengths
- Research support for ISI
- Lucas et al.
- student given maths problem
- difficult question= more conformity for incorrect answer
- more true for those with low mathematical ability
- Research support for NSI
- Asch study
- variation: answers written down
- Conformity reduced
- ppt said they were afraid of disapproval when speaking out load
- Research support for ISI
- Types
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