Conformity: types and explanations

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  • Created on: 14-12-17 11:08
What are the types of conformity?
Internalisation, identification and compliance
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What is identification?
Wanting to be liked by the group, public change
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What is normative social influence?
About norms, desire to be like others and not look foolish
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What is internalisation?
Accepting group norms
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What is compliance?
Public change only
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What are the explanations for conformity?
Normative social influence and informational social influence
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What is informational social influence?
About information, a desire to be right
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What is normative social influence?
About norms, desire to be like others and not look foolish
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What are the strengths?
Support for ISI and support for NSI
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Explain support for ISI
Hard maths problems, more conformity, Lucas et al
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Explain support for NSI
Conformity fell to 12.5% when answers written, Asch
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What are the limitations?
ISI individual differences, two-process approach oversimplified and NSI differences
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Explain ISI individual differences
Students less conformist, 28% vs 37%, Asch
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Explain two-process approach oversimplified
Not necessarily ISI or NSI
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Explain NSI individual differences
nAffiliators more conformist, McGhee and Teevan
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