1.1 Types of Conformity

• What is conformity in psychology?

  Aligning with group norms
• Two key types of conformity are compliance and internalization
• Match the type of conformity with its characteristics:

  Compliance ↔️ Public agreement, private disagreement

  Internalization ↔️ Embraces group views publicly and privately
• In compliance, individuals privately agree with the group's views.

  False
• What does $G$ represent in the mathematical formula for conformity?


  Group norms
• Normative social influence (NSI) is driven by the desire to gain approval
• In NSI, individuals privately agree with the group's norms.

  False
• What is the motivation behind informational social influence (ISI)?

  Seeking accuracy
• Match the type of social influence with its outcome:

  Normative Social Influence ↔️ Public compliance

  Informational Social Influence ↔️ Private acceptance
• In ISI, individuals believe others have better expertise.
• The mathematical formula for ISI includes the perceived expertise of the group
• $ISI$ represents the level of informational social influence.informational
• What does $E$ in the ISI formula represent?


  Perceived expertise of the group
• Normative social influence is motivated by the desire to gain approval
• What is the outcome of informational social influence?

  Private acceptance
• The source of normative social influence is group norms.
• Compliance, identification, and internalization are distinct types of conformity
• What motivates compliance in conformity?

  Desire for acceptance
• Internalization is the deepest form of conformity.
• Match the type of conformity with its motivation:

  Compliance ↔️ Desire for acceptance

  Identification ↔️ Admiration for group

  Internalization ↔️ Genuinely believe
• A teenager wears certain clothes to fit in with their friends, which is an example of compliance
• What is an example of identification in conformity?

  Adopting a team's work ethic
• Joining an environmental group and embracing a new lifestyle is an example of internalization.
• The level of compliance can be mathematically represented as C = A + G
• What did Solomon Asch's experiments show about group size and conformity?

  Conformity plateaus after 3-4 members
• Individuals resist conformity in larger groups due to increased resistance and diluted individual voice.
• Conformity can be mathematically expressed as F = kG
• What is the definition of conformity?

  Aligning with group norms
• Two key types of conformity are compliance and internalization
• Compliance involves publicly conforming while privately disagreeing.
• What characterizes internalization in conformity?

  Embracing group beliefs privately
• Normative social influence is driven by the desire to gain approval
• What is a key aspect of normative social influence?

  Public compliance
• Informational social influence is driven by the desire to be correct
• What is a key aspect of informational social influence?

  Private acceptance
• Choosing a dish recommended by a local in an unfamiliar restaurant is an example of informational social influence.
• What is the deepest form of conformity called?

  Internalization
• In compliance, individuals publicly conform but privately disagree.
• In internalization, individuals publicly conform and privately agree
• Match the type of conformity with its example:

  Compliance ↔️ Teenager wearing clothes to fit in

  Identification ↔️ Employee adopting work ethic of successful team

  Internalization ↔️ Embracing a new lifestyle after joining an environmental group