Psychology 2070A/B Chapter 8: Lecture and Textbook Notes for Chapter 8
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Conformity any change in behavior caused by another person or group. The person affected moves in the direction of the influence. Doesn t matter how the influence occurs any change in behavior. Encompasses both compliance and obedience (i. e. following a social norm in setting) Conformity pressure; we want to be different/unique. Enormous benefits to conformity good thing for society! Examples: copying another person s clothing (imitation), eating healthy foods after seeing them on tv (learning), sitting quietly on the bus (following norm) Some benefits of conformity/obedience: social order depends on conformity to customs (e. g. lining up, law rests on conformity/obedience, learning involves conformity (i. e. how to shoot a basketball) 3 aspects of problematic conformity: undesirable behavior (smoking, rejection (cliques, obey immoral orders (wwii) Compliance a change in behavior that results from a request by another person or group. Examples: drive a friend to an appointment, give money to a charity, clean your room after your mom asks you to.
