Conformity

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Conformity

Adjusting one’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviours to match those of others, a social group, or a social situation.

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Conformity is affected by 4 things:

  • Social norms

  • Group think

  • Group shift

  • deindividuation

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Social norms

Society’s unofficial rules and expectations regarding how individuals should act.

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Group think

a psychological phenomenon in which assumed group unanimity overrules individuals’ realistic appraisal of consequences.

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group shift

A condition in which the influence of the group causes an individual to adopt a more extreme position.

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Deindividuation

the tendency for individuals to lose their sense of identity and individuality within a group.