PSY220H5 Lecture 6: Lecture 6- Conformity and Obedience.docx
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Using conformity pressures on people all the time everyday. Etiquette norms, social norms, waiting in lines, etc. Conformity is a change in behaviour or beliefs in accord with others. The group takes on a total reality and there isn"t a lot of side. This is what the group is saying, what they"re reality is, the pressure hits. We as humans need the group, we need to live in a group and we cannot survive without conforming to certain norms. If the person asking you to continue is the researcher vs assistant, we are more likely to comply. Influence can be completely unintentional and imperceptible on the part of the influencer and influenced. We carry a primordial fear of being exiled. Due to evolutionary history, you get left out and you die. Humans do not survive well on their own. Acceptance, following social contract, following orders is a life or death behaviour.
