Cards (14)

  • What is conformity?
    A change in behavior or opinions due to pressure
  • What is compliance in terms of conformity?
    Changing public behavior without changing private beliefs
  • How does compliance typically manifest?
    As a short-term change in presence of a group
  • What is identification in conformity?
    Changing both public behavior and private beliefs temporarily
  • When does identification occur?
    In the presence of a particular group
  • How does identification differ from compliance?
    Identification involves changing private beliefs, compliance does not
  • What is internalisation in conformity?
    Changing both public behavior and private beliefs long-term
  • What characterizes internalisation?
    Continued change even when away from group pressure
  • Who developed the two process theory of conformity?
    Deutsch and Gerard
  • What are the two central human needs in the two process theory?
    The need to be right and the need to be well liked
  • What is normative social influence (NSI)?
    Conforming to be accepted or belong to a group
  • What is the emotional process associated with NSI?
    It is associated with compliance and identification
  • What is informational social influence (ISI)?
    Conforming to gain knowledge or because someone is right
  • How is ISI characterized as a process?
    It is more of a cognitive process related to thinking