Each of these factors plays a significant role in conformity and have their own process. Informational influence is when you conform due to the fact that you believe others are correct in their adjudications. For conformity is when you accept to put your personal feelings or opinions to the side in order for the group to be unified. When a person conforms they become one with a group for it shows the person’s dedication to the group’s standards. “Culture, gender, personality and other factors are believed to have great impact on how people conform themselves in a group settings” (Fiske, 2004).
Normative social influence refers to instances where someone conforms in order to fit in and gain approval or avoid disapproval from other group members and this leads to conformity. This is known as compliance. Compliance is when an individual is exposed to the views or actions of a majority, they engage in social comparison. Because identifying with a majority is desirable, they change their views/actions to fit in with them. They go along with the majority without analysing why there is a difference.
Conformity, obedience and the social influences involved This essay examines the likely outcomes of human behaviour. By analysing Asch’s study into conformity and Hofling’s experiment about obedience, the extent to which individuals can avoid such social influences is investigated. There’s been great research into why people conform; following Asch’s study Deutsch and Gerald found that there are two types of social influence which makes people conform. Normative social influence; where individuals conform to be accepted and belong to the group. Benefits come from belonging in a group, individuals may conform on the surface but disagree with the group internally.
Conformity is a result of social influence where people adopt the behaviours, attitudes and values of a group, many people feel they are independent, however they are nerveless go along with what the group they hang around with do,(the social norms). Social norms are how we are expected to act, for example say please and thank you. Kelman said that there were three types of conformity; these were compliance, where you publicly conform to the behaviour or views of other, but then privately agree to what you believe, such as if you agree in smoking, you could publicly agree but then privately disagree. Identification is where you take on other views and behaviours of a group both publicly and privately because you want to be part of the group. However these views are not always long term and if the person left the group their behaviour and views might go back to how they were before and internalization, this is where the person values and behaviours have changed for long term, for example religion.
Social Bond Theory (formerly known as Social Control Theory) is the belief that the self control of an individual can be built by manipulating the processes of socialization and social learning. It is also thought to help decrease the urge to engage in antisocial behavior. The theory proposes that people are influenced not to participate in criminal activities based upon their relationships with others, beliefs, commitments, values and social norms. The four basic elements of social bond theory are attachment, commitment, involvement in conventional versus deviant or criminal activities, and lastly the common value system within an individual’s society or subgroup. Attachment is described as the level of values and or norms that an individual holds in society.
Does Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) influence a person’s position in a social hierarchy, or is it influenced by a person’s position in a social hierarchy? Word Count: 2,985 Social Identity Theory (SIT) and Social Dominance Theory (SDT) are two theories that have looked into individuals’ behaviours within a group. Both approaches make similar attributes, although there seems to be a varying degree when considering particular circumstances concerning the individual against intergroup threat, among other dissimilarities making each theory varied in their approach. Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) is assumed as a firm personality trait and according to SDT it should stay constant regardless of threatening situations. This essay analyses differences in these approaches regarding SDO as an influential factor when predicting behaviours which can establish an individual’s position in a social hierarchy being context dependent as SIT claims or determined by an individual as SDT states.
there are different theories that have different ideas on socialization. Functionalists have explained the process of socialization is by arguing that it is needed for value consensus. This is the idea that in order for a society for function correctly, everyone must have the same norms and values. A norm can be defined as an unwritten rule that is followed by a group of people. values are what people regard as desirable e.g.
First, we may want to be a part of a group - a family, a community, accompany, a society. Second, we may want to operate under group norms and expectation. Third, we may wish to avoid being criticized, intimidated or ignored by others. Individuality and nonconformity, however, the opposite of conformity, allow people to be themselves, allow creativity and allow their humanity. When should individuals behave according to the groups’ expectation?
Whatever it is, you in a sense belong to that group and feel secure when you are a part of it. The group you’re in identifies who you are and what you’re about. But, what if your friends in your group start doing things that are hurtful, wrong, or illegal and try to get you to do them too? This is what peer pressure is - the pressure to conform to the behaviors, attitudes, and personal habits of others. B.
Lucy Ramos 09/10/12 Social Psychology We often try to match our ideal self with our social self in order to feel more accepted in the social world. Social perception is known as the process by which people come to understand one another. In order to learn how others perceive us, we must first look at how we perceive ourselves and how we perceive others. The social comparison theory discussed by Leon Festinger (1954) states that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others. People often compare themselves to others to feel more socially accepted or to set themselves apart from others.