Types of conformity

 

Notes

Understand

Exam ready

 

internalisation

 

 

 

 

identification

 

 

 

 

compliance

 

 

 

Explanations for conformity:

 

 

 

 

 

informational social influence

 

 

 

 

normative social influence

 

 

 

variables affecting conformity

 

 

 

 

 

group size

 

 

 

 

unanimity

 

 

 

 

task difficulty as investigated by Asch

 

 

 

 

Conformity to social roles as investigated by Zimbardo.

 

 

 

Explanations for obedience:

 

 

 

 

 

agentic legitimacy of authority state

 

 

 

 

situational variables affecting obedience including proximity, location and uniform, as investigated by Milgram

authority Figure

 

 

 

Dispositional explanation for obedience: the Authoritarian Personality

 

 

 

Explanations of resistance to social influence

 

 

 

 

 

social support

 

 

 

 

locus of control

 

 

 

Minority influence including reference to consistency, commitment and flexibility

 

 

 

 

The role of social influence processes in social change.