Conformity
- Created by: jgoldsmith
- Created on: 12-03-14 16:47
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- Conformity
- What is conformity?
- Conformity is when you adopt the behaviour of others
- Compliance
- Where you conform so others will like you.
- Your internal beliefs don't change, but your external behaviour does.
- Where you conform so others will like you.
- Internalisation
- Where you conform because you agree with the views.
- Your internal views match your external behaviour.
- Where you conform because you agree with the views.
- Compliance
- Conformity is when you adopt the behaviour of others
- Asch(1956)
- Method
- 123 male volunteers taking part in a 'vision' test
- Showed?
- 76%- conformed at least once
- 24%- NEVER conformed
- 37% of the 1476 trials were conformed in
- Variations
- Partner= Conformity drops to 5%
- Private response= conformity drops to 12%
- Evaluation
- Lab study
- Was it realistic?
- Did it have ecological validity?
- Baron et al.
- The Asch study was meaningless and not important int he real world.
- Perrin and Spencer
- Repeated the study, but had difficulty getting the same results.
- Individual differences
- Eagly and Carli
- They found that women are more compliant than men.
- Eagly and Carli
- Lab study
- Method
- What is conformity?
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