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PSYC 300 Conformity

TermDefinition
compliance acting in accordance to others without necessarily agreeing with the associated belief/attitude
acceptance changing your behavior and beliefs in a sincere fashion
obedience doing something you wouldn't do otherwise largely because someone else directly ordered you to do so
asch study identified the power of conformity through the identification of lines in a group setting
milgram study incorporated factors such as a present authority figure, a distant victim and the foot-in-the-door phenomenon among others to determine the extent to which participants are willing to conform
normative influence a change in belief or behavior due to the desire to be accepted by others
informational social influence modification of thoughts and actions as a result of the acquisition of evidence about reality
reflections on classical studies* showed how compliance > moral sense succeeded in pressure to betray conscience sensitized us to moral conflict in daily life affirmed like between behavior and attitudes and the power of the situation
unanimity exemplifies power of overwhelming majority and first dissenter
public behavior degree of privacy influences conformity
social status perceivable authority influences conformity
cohesion the strength of the relational ties within a group affects levels of conformity
group size density and packaging influences conformity
reactance behaving in ways that directly oppose pressure to conform for the protection of sense of freedom
conformity change in behaviors or beliefs as a result of real or imagined pressure
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