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Conformity And Obedience
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Conformity is being able to adhere to social norms to gain respect and also to have a sense of belonging. A study of conformity was done by S.E.Asch who did a study where subjects were given a 6 tasks of matching one line with one of equal length out of a group of 3 lines. The answer was obvious an ....
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....t carry on and in most cases the subject went up to the highest shock that could be given. This experiment shows that the subject even though they knew it would kill the man because they were afraid of the consequences and had a respect for authority they could actually kill an imanginary learner because they were loyal to an authoritive figure.
Authority is anyone higher in rank, position or status than you. Hoffling did a study in 1974 where he got a nurse to administer a high dosage of a drug.... |
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