Question

Karen attended a local performance of Romeo and Juliet. She found the performance to be very dull. At the end of the play, the audience gave the cast a standing ovation. Despite not liking the play, Karen also began applauding and stood up. What concept explains her behavior

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

This is a multiple choice question. The choices are:

1. obedience

2. social facilitation

3. conformity

4. group think

In psychology, the concept of conformity refers to a type of social influence where the person has a change in their belief or in their behavior in order to fit in with a group. Thus, the person changes their behavior or the way they think because they think the rest of the group thinks in a different way than them.

In this example, Karen didn't really like the play but the rest of the audience gave the cast a standing ovation. This made Karen start applauding and stand up. In this case, even though she didn't like the play, she stood up to applaud because she thought that the rest of the audience liked the play and she changed her behavior to fit in. Thus, this is an example of conformity.