University:
Eastern Kentucky University
Course:
PSY 300 | Social Psychology
Academic year:

2022
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360

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2
Author:

Marin Mason

What is conformity Conformity- a change in one's behavior due to real or imagined influence of other people o Example- I feel like the professor will not like my idea so I won't say anything o Civil rights movement of the 1960's-> freedom rider nonviolence o Heaven's Gate Cult members resulted in mass suicide because they were conforming to what they were told to do o Village of My Lai in Vietnam War- murder of innocent villagers o Abu Ghraib- prisoner abuse. A military war prison that primary Muslim prisoners were sent to. They were tortured by the guards and the other guards joined in and other's didn't stop it o George Floyd- murder watched by police on duty. No police officer did anything Solomon Asch Study Factors that increase conformity o Group size, the bigger the size, the harder it is o Difficulty of task o Status of majority group o Ambiguity of situation- if you question if they're right o Most person follow the first person who doesn't conform Factors that decrease conformity o Social support- the power of one o Ability to voice opposition privately o Motivation to achieve and strong leadership abilities Conformity Conformity- changing one's behavior due to real or imagined influence of other Why do people conform? o ADD THESE NOTES Informational social influence- relying on other people as a source of information to guide our behavior. o Private acceptance- conforming to other people's behavior out of a genuine belief that what they are doing or saying is right. o Public compliance- privately accepting to fit in with the group. Conforming to other people's behavior publicly without necessarily believing in what other other people are doing or saying Energy usage experiment- conformity more important than information for predicting behavior. Limiting their usage of energy because their neighbors are using them. Witness ID experiment- importance of outcomes increases conformity in ambiguous situations (35% conformity vs. 51%) o had line ups of people that "did the crime". Then the participants saw pictures of them and a confederate was telling them constantly that they saw who did it but said the wrong person. Then they conformed with them. Fear of ridicule or punishment for being different/fear of rejection o We conform so as not to feel peculiar or look foolish o Normative social influence- going along with what other people do in order to be liked and accepted by them; doesn't always result in private acceptance-> people underestimate its effects on them. o Asch study

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