PSY 260 : Exam 2 Ch 7_8
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Key topics conformity occurs when people yield to real compliance : occurs when people yield to social pressure in their public behavior or imagined social pressures chapter 7. Pressure to conform: because they are dependent on a group for satisfying . accurate perception on reality & desire to be accepted by others . Peer pressure for the desire have a compliance pressures: changing one "s behavior to conform to group pressures . Normative influence : personal & interpersonal processes that cause individuals to feel > think , with social norms . Example : pressured to smoke bc restof friends are . & act in ways that are consistent pressure to authority figures : people will obey when . they believe authority will take responsibility for consequences of their actions . or perceptions to achieve it . Actions nonverbal messages situational cues examples :- genuine compliments. Attributions : of their own behavior 0th enfants.