Category: Conformity

Believe it or not! We all conform. Conformity is compliance with socially accepted standards. Even though we believe that all of our thoughts and actions are self-made, there was an initial influence that was bestowed upon us by others that makes us think that way. For example, while growing up in an African-American household, The…

Ever heard your parents say, If your friends jump off a cliff, would you jump off too? Of course, anyone in their right mind would say no. Conformity is a behavior by socially accepted conventions. Something we all find ourselves doing, whether its buying those pair of shoes that you cant afford, but everyone else…

Social psychology studies how people’s feelings, behaviour and thought are influenced by the presence of others. It examines the different ways in which individuals change their behaviour and ideas to match with the demands of the social group they belong to (conformity), or to execute the order of a person they consider as an authority…

Conformity has been an important topic of interest in the psychological field whereby it suggests human behavior is influenced by the presence of a group due to social pressure. A pioneering piece of research in conformity studies is Asch’s (1952) Line Study, which the paper replicates. It investigates whether people conform to a wrong answer…

Participating in risky behaviors seems to be a component of individualss daily lives, however, adolescence is an especially magnified time for potentially dangerous actions. Such questionable behavior associated with teenagers consists of alcohol and drug use, improvident driving, as well as neglectful sexual actions. These actions are believed to have increased during this period because…

Human beings often overlook the horrors of humanity as they neglect the personal wellbeing of others. Ursula Le Guins speculative text The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas and Shirley Jacksons dystopian short story The Lottery encapsulates the effect of social conformity within a society. Written in the aftermath of World War II and towards…

In The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka depicts Gregor Samsa and his acceptance with the the psychological and mental repercussions of an inalterable physical transformation. The local segregation that Gregor faces within his household parallels to the seclusion of the cultural other, who lies on the outskirts of societal norms. Throughout history, minority groups have been oppressed…

Transcendentalists like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau brought to light the divinity of nature and humanity as the main point of it all was to the inherent goodness of people and nature. They believed that people work at their best when they are self-reliant because they can express independence and create themselves instead…

Essay on Non Conformity in Pop Culture Social Influences: Media, Fashion, and Pop Culture manifest the need for conformity to Societys standards leads to dissatisfaction. Does a collection of individuals create a society? Or does society, itself, make up its individuals? Flashback to hundreds and thousands of years ago when our cavemen ancestors explored the…