Conformity And Obedience
Conformity and Obedience
Starting from a very young age, it is considered the norm to obey and to conform. The purpose of this essay is to evaluate a study for conformity and obedience.
Conformity can be defined as a change in one self, when one gives in to group pressure, in order to fit in to society. Obedience on the other hand is when you are told what to do. The difference between the two are, when we conform it is usually down to peer pressure. Where as in obedience you are taking orders from an authority figure.
Kelmans 1958 research states that conformity varies in different situation. Furthermore, there are many types of conformity. Kelman suggests that people give into group pressure to feel accepted within the society, also out of
fear of rejection. This type of conformity is known as normative conformity. Another kind of conformity is compliance conformity. This is when one changes their view in public to be accepted. However this type of conformity is only temporary. Conformity can become an issue as it depends on which situation one is being exposed to. In addition obedience can occur for various reasons. One could say it has something to do with the role one has. An experiment done by Zimbardo in 1973, confirmed that when one is assigned a certain role to act, they can fully adapt to that role. Zimbardo’s experiment illustrates the depersonalisation theory. Where one becomes their institutional self. When an authority figure is present one feels the need to obey. Nevertheless how far is one willing to go in order to be obedient?
A psychologist named Asch, carried out an experiment for conformity in 1963. It was a visual perception test. A group of people took part, one person was the participant and the
Starting from a very young age, it is considered the norm to obey and to conform. The purpose of this essay is to evaluate a study for conformity and obedience.
Conformity can be defined as a change in one self, when one gives in to group pressure, in order to fit in to society. Obedience on the other hand is when you are told what to do. The difference between the two are, when we conform it is usually down to peer pressure. Where as in obedience you are taking orders from an authority figure.
Kelmans 1958 research states that conformity varies in different situation. Furthermore, there are many types of conformity. Kelman suggests that people give into group pressure to feel accepted within the society, also out of
fear of rejection. This type of conformity is known as normative conformity. Another kind of conformity is compliance conformity. This is when one changes their view in public to be accepted. However this type of conformity is only temporary. Conformity can become an issue as it depends on which situation one is being exposed to. In addition obedience can occur for various reasons. One could say it has something to do with the role one has. An experiment done by Zimbardo in 1973, confirmed that when one is assigned a certain role to act, they can fully adapt to that role. Zimbardo’s experiment illustrates the depersonalisation theory. Where one becomes their institutional self. When an authority figure is present one feels the need to obey. Nevertheless how far is one willing to go in order to be obedient?
A psychologist named Asch, carried out an experiment for conformity in 1963. It was a visual perception test. A group of people took part, one person was the participant and the