AQA A Level Psychology Social Influence Exam Questions and Answers Verified by Experts

State the definition of conformity -ANSWER - An individual is said to be conforming if they choose a course of action that is favoured by the majority of the group members. State and explain the three types of conformity -ANSWER - Compliance - Individuals follow what the group is doing in order to be accepted or to fit in, even if there personal views may differ to the one they are portraying. This will not chance their underlying attitude towards something. (Asch) Internalisation - This involves both public and private attitudes and is where the individual may believe that the groups view, after close inspection, is correct and theirs is wrong. This leads them to changing their public and private view towards something in order to be correct. This is the deepest level of conformity and becomes a permanent attitude. (Sherif's Autokinetic) Identification - The individuals attitudes both private and publicly will change but in this case only for a temporary amount of time and also is in order to fit in and be liked, essentially it is a mix of compliance and internalisation. (Zimbardo)