Introduction to conformity
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- Created on: 28-04-16 08:48
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- Introduction to conformity
- What?
- Giving in to the influence of the majority
- A change in behaviour or belief as a result of real or imagined group pressure
- Internalisation
- Changing your public and private views to match those of the group
- Becomes your way of viewing the world and isn't dependent on the presence of the group, will persist when group isn't there
- E.g changing your religion
- Compliance
- Publicly conforming to the behaviour or views of others but privatley disagreeing
- Superficial change- stops as soon as group pressure does
- E.g laughing at a joke you don't find funny
- Identification
- Adopting views or behaviour of a group publicly and privatley to fit in with a group you join/admire
- Often a temporary change of belief/ behaviour
- E.g changing when you go to uni and again when you leave
- What?
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