PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Anthrax Vaccines, Bulimia Nervosa, Normative Social Influence
24 Sep 2020
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Collectivist cultures showed higher rates of conformity- in these cultures, conformity is considered a valued trait relationships in the group in the experiment are strangers, they conform even less than do nas. People in such cultures value nsi because it promotes harmony and supportive. When japanese participants took part in the asch type studies in which the others. When rating the values in terms of their identity as asians, conformity was ranked. When these same participants performed the ratings in terms of their identity as. Inuit and temne- temne showed a tendency to accept the suggestions of the. Canadians, conformity ranked near the bottom first group while the inuit almost completely disregarded them. Fishing vs. farming- when someone chooses a thing, we must all agree w the decision- this is cooperation. The few times the inuit conformed to the group"s wrong answer, they did so w a quiet, knowing smile.
