{"content":[{"text":"The Social Impact of Conformity and the Reasons Why \n People Conform","bbox":{"left":0.102067,"top":0.123094,"width":0.786341,"height":0.05616600000000001}},{"text":"The process or act of changing our behaviour to fit into or even go along with the people around \n us is what is referred to as conformity. It is some collective sway which involves agreeing with \n what is happening or being done by the people around us. It also involves carrying out our \n activities just like the rest of the people. It involves copying what the other individuals are doing \n for one to be considered normal. In psychological studies, various definitions have been brought \n up to entail the social impact employed by conformity","bbox":{"left":0.071429,"top":0.194647,"width":0.8549300000000001,"height":0.10866899999999999}},{"text":"Firstly, a change in a persons’ or groups’ behaviour as a result of the influence of another \n person or group can be referred to as conformity. Here, the group or the person will act in a \n specific way gradesfixer.com due to an influence impacted on him by another person or group. Conformity can \n also refer to a behavioral change in a person(s) instigated by other individuals(s) but does not \n refer to the internal changes in belief or attitude. Conformity is subject to obedience and \n compliance since it is as a result of a change in behaviour caused by other individuals \n regardless of the type of the stimulus. (Breckler, Olson and Wiggins, 2006). Secondly, \n conformity can be referred to as the giving in to pressure from a group. For example, going with \n friends to watch a movie. The friends might have felt that the movie was good, but according to \n you, it was not. Therefore, you are forced to pretend that it was also superb to you so that you \n cannot be the odd one out (Eysenck, 2004). \n Why We Conform \n There are a variety of reasons as to why people conform. It might be due to the idea of looking \n up to a group to know how we should behave (Deutsch and Gerald, 1955). This is because \n other individuals are a rich source of knowledge and experience which might be of so much help \n to us. Other times, we conform to a certain group to eliminate the aspect of us looking foolish \n especially when the way we should act remains a mystery and when we are dealing with \n ambiguous phenomenon \n Types of Conformity \n According to Deutsch and Gerald (1955), people tend to conform to others due to normative \n and informative influence. Normative influence involves conforming to things like rules to avoid \n being punished and gain a reward, for example being liked by the others. Informative influence \n involves the change of behaviour as a corrective measure. In cases that present themselves","bbox":{"left":0.071429,"top":0.319367,"width":0.8571280000000001,"height":0.4947059999999999}},{"text":"Need help with the assignment? \n Our professionals are ready to assist with any writing!","bbox":{"left":0.071429,"top":0.85679,"width":0.44544,"height":0.04683000000000004}},{"text":"GET HELP","bbox":{"left":0.080153,"top":0.920367,"width":0.10753500000000002,"height":0.020935999999999955}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}