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Part One: Analyzing the Socio-Psychological Foundations of Conformity.
Analyze the socio-psychological factors that influence our tendency to conform to group pressure. In your analysis, address each of the following rubric criteria in 3 to 5 sentences.
1. What is the difference between a. and a. Describe the difference between acceptance, compliance, and obedience, and provide examples of how these concepts are present within the group dynamic.
Compliance refers to people who seem to agree with the group, but privately do not change their ideas or behaviors. An example of this would be a friend who agrees with the group's behavior in public and will participate in public, but in private disagrees and does not participate in private. Acceptance is when someone believes in the behaviors and ideas presented to them. An example might be when a friend tells another friend that being mean or snobby to a certain group of people is ok because they dress or act differently than your particular group. Your group of friends listen because they see these people dress and act differently. Obedience is when someone follows orders and directions from an individual in a position of authority. Individuals follow these orders even though they often do not agree with them. An example of this type of behavior is an employee following the orders of his/her boss about treating a patron even if it is not the correct way, but the employee does it because the boss says to.…show more content… What is the difference between a'smart' and a'smart'? Describe the difference between normative influence and informational influence, and provide examples of how these concepts impact the group
