explanations for conformity and types of conformity?

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what is informational social influence?
when someone follows the majority as they want to be right, about who has better information
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what is normative social influence?
people conforming to not appear foolish and gain social approval
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what is internalisation?
occurs when someone generally accepts the group norms, results in both public and private changed, and the change is likely to be permanent
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what is identification?
conform to group because theres something they value about the group, identfy with it and want to be a part of it, publicly change even if they don't privately
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what is compliance?
going along with others in a group but not changing behaviour privately, superficial change
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what is normative social influence?

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people conforming to not appear foolish and gain social approval

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what is internalisation?

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what is identification?

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what is compliance?

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