types of conformity

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    • What is compliance in terms of conformity?
      Going along with the majority publicly
    • How does identification differ from compliance?
      Adopts group views both publicly and privately
    • What are the three main types of conformity according to Kelman?
      Compliance, identification, internalization
    • How does compliance differ from identification?
      Compliance is public, identification is both public and private
    • What is internalization in the context of conformity?
      Adopting group views as part of one's personality
    • How would a person demonstrate compliance at a climate change protest?
      By going along with the crowd's actions
    • What is informational social influence?
      Believing others have more knowledge than oneself
    • What is normative social influence?
      Conforming to fit in with a group
    • What did Lucas's study on conformity involve?
      Math tasks of varying difficulty
    • What was the finding of Lucas's study regarding conformity?
      More conformity occurred with harder tasks
    • What does the term "majority influence" refer to?
      A larger group affecting a smaller group
    • What is a criticism of normative social influence?
      It may struggle to explain minority influence
    • How do informational and normative social influences interact?
      They often work together in social situations
    • What did Williams and Sogon find about conformity?
      More conformity occurs among friends than strangers
    • What are individual differences in conformity?
      People react differently based on situations
    • What is conformity?
      Changing behavior due to group pressure
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