Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Milgram Experiment, Peer Pressure, Solomon Asch

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Conformity how we adjust our behaviour/thinking to match group, obedience how we obey authority. Anomie breakdown of social bonds between an individual and community. We conform in little ways, ex. don"t question cereal is breakfast food, or obey traffic lights. Can have dark side peer pressure can lead to questionable behaviours. # of types of conformity and obedience: one is through compliance, situations where we do a behaviour to get a reward or avoid punishment. Tendency to go along with behaviour without questioning why. Ex. paying taxes: identification when people act/dress a certain way to be like someone famous. Will do this as long as they maintain respect for that individual: internalization idea/belief/behaviour has been integrated into our own values. Normative social influence - if we do something to gain respect/support of peers, we"re complying with social norms. Because of this we might go with group outwardly, but internally believe something differently.