PSYC 1010 Chapter 6: Chapter 6

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rui Zhang

Document Summary

Conformity: a change in behaviour or belief to accord with others. In western socieies conformity is seen as a bad thing: conformity is given a bad label. In japan it is seen as tolerance, self-control and maturity: serenity. We choose labels to suit out values and judgements. The key is whether your behaviour would be the same with or without the group. Compliance: publicly acing in accord with social pressure while privately disagreeing: comply to reap a reward or avoid a punishment. Acceptance: inward conformity that involves both acing and believing in accord with social pressure. Sherif experiment: esimate the travelling of light, paricipants changed their answer to match others, our views of reality are not ours alone. The chameleon efect: doing what you see others doing (like face-rubbing) The werther efect young men in europe would kill themselves like the protagonist of a novel.