In order to solidify the concept of conformity I am going to discuss a study that was conducted by Reitan and Shaw, which discussed conformity by examining attributes such as the individual’s personality, the kind of stimuli that evokes an individual to confirm, the situational factors and examining intragroup relationships. The individual personality factor that was examined in Reitan and Shaw’s study was group membership, which essentially stated that individuals that belongs to a multitude of groups need consensual support. This is because individuals belonging to many groups have a higher tendency to conform than individuals belonging to fewer groups.This is because individuals who are apart of more groups are exposed to more kinds of stimuli
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In addition, it was predicted that females within mixed-sex groups were more likely to confirm than females in same-gender groups. While women were more likely than males to conform, regardless of gender, men and women confirmed more in mixed-sex groups than same-sex groups. So, why is this study from 1964, important? Well, I am so glad you asked because that study gave us the five factors that affect conformity, that are mentioned in the textbook. So with conformity obviously being a huge focal point of our presentation, I used Reitan and Shaw’s study as a frame of reference to analysis the movie, Conspiracy. The one finding from Reitan and Shaw’s study that framed my analysis of the movie was the finding that men and women conform more in mixed-sex groups than in same-sex …show more content…
From my perspective, I took the idea of “We understand each other” and translated it to “So you understand Heydrich” because Heydrich reminds me of someone who talks in the third-person. In my interpretation people who talk in the third person are either really funny or just plan arrogant. Well, Heydrich to me, is the definition of arrogant. It is either his way or the highway. But, I want to refer back to the study, I mentioned earlier by Reitan and Shaw. As I was reading that article I thought, okay we have all males in this scenario, why is no one opposing Heydrich and even if someone does, it is only like for 10 seconds before Heydrich changes their mind otherwise. That’s because Heydrich has the legitimate power to do so. According to the textbook legitimate power is defined as “a group’s ability to influence others because of being elected, appointed, or selected to exert control over a group.” So, this definition definitely correlates with Heydrich’s idea of what he thinks conformity is, where again it is essentially the notion of either Heydrich’s way of the highway. That idea is not only prominent in this example with Kritzinger but also when Heydrich addresses the group at one point during the movie and says “all I want from this meeting is unanimity......and no trouble getting what has to be done,
In addition, it was predicted that females within mixed-sex groups were more likely to confirm than females in same-gender groups. While women were more likely than males to conform, regardless of gender, men and women confirmed more in mixed-sex groups than same-sex groups. So, why is this study from 1964, important? Well, I am so glad you asked because that study gave us the five factors that affect conformity, that are mentioned in the textbook. So with conformity obviously being a huge focal point of our presentation, I used Reitan and Shaw’s study as a frame of reference to analysis the movie, Conspiracy. The one finding from Reitan and Shaw’s study that framed my analysis of the movie was the finding that men and women conform more in mixed-sex groups than in same-sex …show more content…
From my perspective, I took the idea of “We understand each other” and translated it to “So you understand Heydrich” because Heydrich reminds me of someone who talks in the third-person. In my interpretation people who talk in the third person are either really funny or just plan arrogant. Well, Heydrich to me, is the definition of arrogant. It is either his way or the highway. But, I want to refer back to the study, I mentioned earlier by Reitan and Shaw. As I was reading that article I thought, okay we have all males in this scenario, why is no one opposing Heydrich and even if someone does, it is only like for 10 seconds before Heydrich changes their mind otherwise. That’s because Heydrich has the legitimate power to do so. According to the textbook legitimate power is defined as “a group’s ability to influence others because of being elected, appointed, or selected to exert control over a group.” So, this definition definitely correlates with Heydrich’s idea of what he thinks conformity is, where again it is essentially the notion of either Heydrich’s way of the highway. That idea is not only prominent in this example with Kritzinger but also when Heydrich addresses the group at one point during the movie and says “all I want from this meeting is unanimity......and no trouble getting what has to be done,