SOP-3004 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Collectivism
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Chapter 6 learning objectives: define conformity and compare the three varieties of conformity compliance, obedience, and acceptance. Conformity a change in behavior or belief as the result of real or imagined group pressure. Compliance is outward conformity - publicly acting in accord but privately disagreeing. Obedience, a form of compliance, is complying to an explicit command (in order to reap reward or avoid punishment) Acceptance is conformity that involves acting in accord and believing / agreeing in accord: describe sherif"s study of norm formation and explain what it demonstrates about the power of social contagion. Sherif"s study of norm formation included participants in a dark room that watched a light appear to move (it did not actually move). They were asked to guess how far it moved. After hearing each others" guesses, they each modified their guess to create an average agreed upon guess.
