Introduction:
Conformity can be defined in many ways depending on its context. Generally, it is known as a change in an individual’s behaviour in order to ‘fit in’ with the majority of people in a group/community. It surrounds acceptance and obedience as it cites to any behavior that transpires as an effect of other people’s impact. (Breckler, Olson, and Wiggins, Social Psychology Alive, 2006)
Sherif (1936) carried out an experiment wherein he placed participants in a dark room and asked them to watch a light and report how far the light moves known as the autokinetic effect. He conducted this study because he wanted to study how people were impacted by other people’s opinions.
Sherif first evaluated the reactions of the participants …show more content…
When participants were interviewed after the study was conducted on them, all of the participants refused the fact that their opinions were impacted by the opinions of their group members. Participants even stated that they had a challenging time trying to come to the right answers when tested individually. Asch disagreed with the way Sherif conducted the experiment as he thought that the task Sherif gave to his participants was very vague and that made it complicated to extract clear judgments regarding …show more content…
A number of things in a society are unfair; for instance, in Saudi Arabia, women have to conform to the rules that deprive them of their basin human rights such as not being able to travel or work without the permission if a male legal escort, they can’t drive, women cannot wear what they want in public (they have to cover themselves with an ‘abaya’ and a hijab). 2. There is little to no diversity in a society with an unbalanced conformity. 3: Conformity can create an unfair society: for example, in Muslim majority countries such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia etc., Muslim born individuals have no right to either convert to another religion and/or abandon it as it is considered to be one of the most heinous ‘crimes’ and is therefore punishable by either death or a life sentence in prison. Another example could be that of North Korea; there are a lot of things that North Korean people are not allowed to do that other people can do in other countries. People there cannot make international calls as that is punishable by death, it is illegal to own an electronic device that is not made in North Korea, they cannot listen to international music as the music they must listen to should only spread the North Korean propaganda. It is also illegal to take down a propaganda poster—an American student Otto Warmbier on a tour allegedly took off a propaganda poster in a hotel which resulted into
Conformity can be defined in many ways depending on its context. Generally, it is known as a change in an individual’s behaviour in order to ‘fit in’ with the majority of people in a group/community. It surrounds acceptance and obedience as it cites to any behavior that transpires as an effect of other people’s impact. (Breckler, Olson, and Wiggins, Social Psychology Alive, 2006)
Sherif (1936) carried out an experiment wherein he placed participants in a dark room and asked them to watch a light and report how far the light moves known as the autokinetic effect. He conducted this study because he wanted to study how people were impacted by other people’s opinions.
Sherif first evaluated the reactions of the participants …show more content…
When participants were interviewed after the study was conducted on them, all of the participants refused the fact that their opinions were impacted by the opinions of their group members. Participants even stated that they had a challenging time trying to come to the right answers when tested individually. Asch disagreed with the way Sherif conducted the experiment as he thought that the task Sherif gave to his participants was very vague and that made it complicated to extract clear judgments regarding …show more content…
A number of things in a society are unfair; for instance, in Saudi Arabia, women have to conform to the rules that deprive them of their basin human rights such as not being able to travel or work without the permission if a male legal escort, they can’t drive, women cannot wear what they want in public (they have to cover themselves with an ‘abaya’ and a hijab). 2. There is little to no diversity in a society with an unbalanced conformity. 3: Conformity can create an unfair society: for example, in Muslim majority countries such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia etc., Muslim born individuals have no right to either convert to another religion and/or abandon it as it is considered to be one of the most heinous ‘crimes’ and is therefore punishable by either death or a life sentence in prison. Another example could be that of North Korea; there are a lot of things that North Korean people are not allowed to do that other people can do in other countries. People there cannot make international calls as that is punishable by death, it is illegal to own an electronic device that is not made in North Korea, they cannot listen to international music as the music they must listen to should only spread the North Korean propaganda. It is also illegal to take down a propaganda poster—an American student Otto Warmbier on a tour allegedly took off a propaganda poster in a hotel which resulted into