What is conformity? Conformity is a form of ____ that involves a change in the common belief or ____ or group of people to fit in a demographic. The change is a response to perceived societal pressure or the ____ of other people. ____ conducted a famous conformity study in ____, which showed that approximately 25% of the participants confirmed in most cases, while another ____. The other ____ did not conform at all. The primary purpose of this experiment was to explore ____, the social influences that caused a behavior change, and why people felt the need to conform. This study demonstrates that the majority of the people are ____ to conform to group settings. Role of Social Conformity in Psychology: Conformity in psychology is defined as changing one's behavior to ____ of people around. In some cases, social conformity involves acting or agreeing with the ____ in a specific group and behaving in a way that is seen as ____ by those people. The role of social conformity involves ____, which is the tendency to pick cues for the proper behavior in the context of other people in a group, as opposed to forming one's judgment. Researchers assert that most people conform for various reasons. In most cases, group conformity comes from the fear of ____ The tendency to conform gets stronger when people are ____ of how to act, and there is also ____ surrounding the situation. Types of Conformity: There are numerous reasons why people conform, and these manifest in different ways. (a) Normative Conformity: Normative conformity occurs when one feels the need to be ____ Many people can relate this to ____ when they think of normative conformity. Peer pressure is the immense need to do what others do, even though one would not normally act that way. Many ____ are vulnerable to this type of conformity due to the need to be ____ by their friends. (b) Informational Conformity: Informational conformity is a change in the behavior or opinion to conform with other people we believe have the ____ on the matter. Of course, the beliefs are based on informed people like scientists, journalists, teachers, and anyone who is an expert in the field. However, this ____ can extend to trusted friends and colleagues who seem to have ____. Conformity Examples: ____ is a significant form of conformity. People tend to conform to various rules even though some may not seem relevant or make sense. For instance, people pay fines after violating ____. Conformity vs. Obedience: Even though these two terms both affect people's behavior, they are highly different. Obedience is a form of a ____ where the lower in rank have to meet the demands of those in higher rankings, such as authority figures. However, conformity can occur between people of ____ or unequal people through spoken or unspoken influence. The Milgram experiment is one of the most famous experiments performed to investigate authority's effects on obedience. In the 1960s, psychologist ____ performed various experiments with some intriguing results. An authority figure commanded the participants to ____ other people with dangerously high voltages in the investigation. The results showed that people were very likely to be influenced by authority and obey them. It is necessary to separate conformity from obedience since obedience tends to be more coerced than conformity. Obedience comes from a place of ____ figure and is not representative of the kinds of interactions people have daily. On the other hand, conformity is an excellent way to show how society is ____ and influences each other. Unconscious Conformity: Because Conformity is so ingrained into our nature, we often do it without even ____. Automatic Mimicry is ____ imitating others’ expressions, postures, and ____ 🔊 It helps us empathize by causing our brains to ____ others’ emotions. This is why you may have heard that if you mirror someone’s expressions, they’re more likely to be ____ of you. Engaging in Automatic Mimicry is also called the ____ 🦎 Groupthink Occurs when people’s desire for harmony in a group causes them to suppress or self-censor dissenting opinions ☮️ This leads to ____ thinking patterns. One of the most famous examples of this is the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. On the day that the shuttle was about to launch, NASA received a warning that one of the parts of the rocket might malfunction. However, due to pressure from NASA executives to carry out the launch, the whole group agreed to take the risk and launch the rocket 🚀, which led to the tragic disaster. can be prevented when a leader welcomes many ____ and viewpoints into a ____ Compliance is following instructions or requests 🙋 To Recall One aspect of is the Compliance is the ____ Phenomenon, where people tend to comply with a ____ request if they have first compiled to a small request. The most famous example of this is in China, where American prisoners of war were more likely to give interrogators valuable information if they were first asked to pick up a pencil for the interrogator ✏️ On the other side is the ____ , where people who first refused a ____ were more likely to agree to a small request. Both of these tools are pretty powerful, so please use this knowledge for good, not evil :) Roles Roles In social situations, we often adopt a role, a social position that comes with a set of ____, and we adapt our behavior and attitudes to ____ our role. The Stanford Prison Experiment ⛓️️ (Stanford Prison Experiment) was influential in studying just how big of an impact our ____ have on us. When randomly assigned to behave like ____ or prisoners, subjects ____ that role to the point where guards became ____ to prisoners and prisoners planned a rebellion against the guards (even though subjects were allowed to opt out at any time). This emphasizes the ____ of role play.

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