In Western Individualistic Societies The Word Conformity Carries

Question: Negative connotation of “conformity”

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Question: Positive connotation of “conformity”

Answer: In Japan, going along with others is a sign not of weakness but of tolerance, self-control, and maturity.

Question: Conformity

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Question: Two kinds of Conformity

Answer: Acceptance and compliance are two varieties of conformity (Nail et al., 2000).

Question: Acceptance

Answer: 1. Define as: Conformity that involves both acting and believing in accord with social pressure.

2. Acceptance occurs when you genuinely believe in what the group has persuaded you to do—you inwardly and sincerely believe that the group’s actions are right.

Question: Compliance

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Question: Obedience

Answer: 1. Define as: Acting in accord with a direct order or command.

2. Obedience, or complying with a direct command, is a variation on compliance.

eg. If your mother tells you to clean up your room and you do, that’s obedience.

Question: Compliance and acceptance even differ in the brain:

Answer: The shorter-lived memories that underlie public compliance have a different neural basis than the memories that underlie longer-term private acceptance (Edelson et al., 2011; Zaki et al., 2011).

Question: Sherif’s Studies of Norm Formation

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Question: Autokinetic phenomenon

Answer: Self (auto) motion (kinetic). The apparent movement of a stationary point of light in the dark.