Discuss+factors+influencing+conformity.

= **Discuss factors influencing conformity** = = =
 * **Conformity** || Behaving in the same way as most other people in a group. ||
 * **Unanimity** || When there tis unanimity among a group of people, they all agree about something or all vote for the same thing. ||
 * **Confidence** || If you gave confidence, you feel sure about your abilities, qualities, or ideas **(situational factors)** ||

i) With only one confederate- 3% of participants conformed ii) With two confederates- 14% of participants conformed iii) With three confederates- 32% of participants conformed iv) Larcher group- did not increase the rate of conformity v) Very large group- decreased the level of conformity
 * __1.__** __First factor which influences conformity**:**__ **____**
 * Asch found that...... (1995)z**

__**2.** Second factor which influences conformity**: **__ Conformity was most likely when al the fonfederates agreed. If one of the confederates disagreed, even if it was also an incorrect anser, the participant was significantly less likely to conform. This is well illustrated in the study done by Asch in 1956.



__**3.** Third factor which influences conformity**: **__ When individuals feel that they are more fcompetent to make decisions with regard to a field of expertise, they are less likely to conform. Perrin and Spencer (1988) found that when they replicated Asch's study with engineers and medical students, conformity rates were almost nil.



__**4.** Fourth factor which influences conformity**: **__ Stang (1973) found that participants with hight self-esteem were less likely to confrom to incorrect responses.



**__//Introduction Paragraph//__** According to IB Course Companion Psychology, conformity is defined as the tendency to adjust one's thoughts, feelings, or behavior in ways that are in agreement with those of a parrticular individual or group, or with accepted standards about how a person whloud behave in specific  situations, which is called social norm.The conformity can be changed and influenced by fouth factors, which are group size, unanimity, confidence and self esteem, according to the replicated studies of Asch (1995, 1996), Perrin, Spencer (1988) and Stang (1973). People can confrom to either wrong answers or correct answer, and rates of conformity can either increase or decrease, which are influenced by the four factors.