Social Influences: Conformity, Compliance, And Obedience

In social psychology, social influence is a major topic that examines how different social groups influence a person’s thoughts, feelings, and actions. There are three aspects of social influence, which includes conformity, compliance, and obedience. These three aspects of social influence are important for a society and are beneficial for our own success in life.
Conformity involves changing of attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs based on surroundings. It is the change that we see in behavior that is caused by either real or imagined influences that come from others that surround us. It also influences social pressure or unconscious influence within a person. An example of how this concept is applies in our personal lives would be by dressing in a certain style of clothing in order to fit in with everyone else in your social group. People want to feel accepted and in doing so they change certain things in their lives in order to fit in.
When we want to be liked and accepted by a group, the type of conformity that occurs is normative, which is another form of social conformity that occurs when a person is concerned with the impression that they are making in front of the group. We may adapt to a certain group and atmosphere in order to …show more content…
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