Question

Robert arrives to class and sees everyone else has left their coats on. He is not sure why everyone is doing this – and he wants to take his coat off – but he doesn’t want to deviate from the group. So, Robert decides to leave his coat on too as he gets seated. This is an example of:

Answer 1

Answer:

Conformity

Explanation:

Conformity is the act of changing attitudes, beliefs and mind to match the ones in a group. It is the act of trying to keep to the norms of a group and therefore be part of the group instead of standing out. This is seen in what the individual above does. He does this to keep to the norms of the class even though he does not know why everyone is doing what they are doing. This is to show that conformity is as a result of social influence. Normative conformity and informational conformity are two types of conformity