Conformity and Obedience Conformity and Obedience What Is

Conformity and Obedience

Conformity and Obedience What Is Conformity? • Conformity – group pressure • Compliance – outwardly going along • Obedience – compliance with direct demand • Acceptance – believing and acting in accord with social pressure

Conformity and Obedience Classic Conformity and Obedience Studies • Sherif’s studies of norm formation

Conformity and Obedience Classic Studies • Asch’s studies of group pressure

Classic Studies Conformity and Obedience • Milgram’s obedience experiments

Conformity and Obedience What Breeds Obedience? • The victim’s distance • Closeness and legitimacy of the authority • Institutional authority • The liberating effects of group influence

Conformity and Obedience Reflections on the Classic Studies • • Ethics Behavior and attitudes The power of the situation The fundamental attribution error

Conformity and Obedience What Predicts Conformity? • • • Group size Unanimity Cohesion Status Public response No prior commitment

Conformity and Obedience What Predicts Conformity? [Insert Figure 6 -6: Group size and conformity]

Conformity and Obedience What Predicts Conformity? [Insert Figure 6 -7: The effect of unanimity on conformity]

Conformity and Obedience Why Conform? • Normative influence • Informational influence

Conformity and Obedience Who Conforms? • Personality • Culture • Social roles – Role reversal

Conformity and Obedience Do We Ever Want to Be Different? • Reactance • Asserting uniqueness

Conformity and Obedience Supplemental Slides

Conformity and Obedience Conformity

Conformity and Obedience Influences on Conformity

Conformity and Obedience Influences on Conformity

Conformity and Obedience Influences on Conformity

Conformity and Obedience Social Impact

Conformity and Obedience THANK YOU !!