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Conformity and Obedience
Title: Conformity and Obedience
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 1022 | Pages: 4.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Conformity and Obedience
Conformity and Obedience
Question 1
Explain what is meant be the terms “Conformity” and “Obedience”
Conformity is acting in terms of the accepted behaviour of a social group or a change in the behaviour of the minority to fit the behaviour of the majority. For example Jennes’ study showed that when asked to estimate the number of beans in a bottle people would come up with different results, he then asked them to come up with …showed first 75 words of 1022 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1022 total…simply for coming to the laboratory, from this point on, no matter what happens.”
His debrief was careful and thorough, and no point was left out. They were told their behaviour was normal and also not to blame themselves, It was clarified that the shocks weren’t real, they met the confederate, and his part was clarified. One year on psychiatrists checked them for any adverse affects, and less than 1% regretted participating in the experiment.
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