PSY 101 Homework 6: Activity 6.1: Exploring Your Own Conformity

Make sure you’ve worked through this week’s module introduction and instructional materials and instructor guidance and reviewed the Homework 6 assignment instructions before working on this assignment.

Consider the various situations in which you conform. Identify 4 personal examples of your own conformity and answer the following questions for each one.

We all conform at times so if you’re having trouble identifying examples so we can see them in everyday life, please email me so I can help with identifying relevant examples.

Example 1:

Briefly describe (in a sentence or two) the situation in which you conformed.

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Is your motive for this conformity informational or normative social influence? Briefly justify your answer. (See section 6.1.1 in the chapter to determine this.)

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Which situational influences of conformity from the text (for example, ambiguity, group size, culture) are present in this example? Explain your answer.

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Do you consider this example to be a positive or a negative example of conformity? In other words, is this conformity beneficial to you or not?

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Example 2:

Briefly describe (in a sentence or two) the situation in which you conformed.

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Is your motive for this conformity informational or normative social influence? Briefly justify your answer. (See section 6.1.1 in the chapter to determine this.)

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Which situational influences of conformity from the text (for example, ambiguity, group size, culture) are present in this example? Explain your answer.

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Do you consider this example to be a positive or a negative example of conformity? In other words, is this conformity beneficial to you or not?

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Example 3:

Briefly describe (in a sentence or two) the situation in which you conformed.

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Is your motive for this conformity informational or normative social influence? Briefly justify your answer. (See section 6.1.1 in the chapter to determine this.)

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Which situational influences of conformity from the text (for example, ambiguity, group size, culture) are present in this example? Explain your answer.

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Do you consider this example to be a positive or a negative example of conformity? In other words, is this conformity beneficial to you or not?

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Example 4:

Briefly describe (in a sentence or two) the situation in which you conformed.

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Is your motive for this conformity informational or normative social influence? Briefly justify your answer. (See section 6.1.1 in the chapter to determine this.)

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Which situational influences of conformity from the text (for example, ambiguity, group size, culture) are present in this example? Explain your answer.

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Do you consider this example to be a positive or a negative example of conformity? In other words, is this conformity beneficial to you or not?

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Summary and Conclusions

What insights have you gained from this exercise? What conclusions can you draw from your answers? What did you discover that you hadn’t realized about conformity, in general, or for yourself, in particular? Is conformity generally limited to collectivist cultures and mostly absent in individualist cultures? What does the textbook help us understand about this?

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Self-assessment

□ Yes □ No Did you follow the homework assignment instructions?

□ Yes □ No Did you complete the entire assignment?

□ Yes □ No Did you spellcheck and proofread for spelling/grammatical errors and understandability to demonstrate college level/professional writing?

2 points each for complete responses:

Fully described the situation in part 1 for all 4 examples.
Accurately and fully applied informational or normative social influence in part 2 for all 4 examples.
Accurately and fully applied situational influences in part C for all 4 examples.
Accurately and fully applied the positive or negative effects on you in part 3 for all 4 examples.
Fully addressed insights and conclusions gained and applied to your life.

Points will be deducted for spelling/grammar issues. Use spellcheck and proofreading to make sure that you are demonstrating college level/professional writing.

Also, make sure your homework can be read and understood so that you are demonstrating your ability to understand and apply the course material to your life.

We are lucky at PCC to have the Writing Centers at each campus including the Online Writing Lab (OWL) so make good use of these resources if they’ll help your success as a student!

https://www.pcc.edu/writing-centers/