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We conform to society by following the pack. Sadly, to say the reason why we conform to society is primary due to the reason of being petrified of being left behind, not loved, afraid of the opinions of others, and our true self. We value the outlook of others more than ourselves, for the reason that we want to fit in. We value cosmetics, the latest fashion trend, and luxury more than our true sense of love and freedom. Individuals of all ages are ball and chained to a standard which cannot be a hundred percent attainable by honesty no living being.Society will dictate our everyday life as a matter of fact, unless we take the stand and tell ourselves: the only sense of validation I need in my life is my own.

Conformity shapes our everyday decisions, whether it is acknowledged or not. How individuals are perceived by society and our peers puts an immense pressure on a person both in groups and privately, actively changing behavior that they may not normally take part in. An individual may change their behavior due to the chance of becoming an outcast. The ultimate fear or possibility of being an outcast influences individuals to conform to social norms. Psychological researchers have long been interested in the reasoning behind social conformity. Social conformity can result in the change of behavior or even the belief of an individual when it comes to them trying to fit within a group. The change can be due to pressure from a social group. By looking deeper into group size and familiarity, it is possible to accurately predict behavior for groups and individuals in the future.

“Living in society, we are under constant pressure to surrender our individuality to the will of the majority, the school, the workplace, the family, etc.” (Feys, P.6). Logan Feys, the author of “The Sociology of Leopard Man”, states that society is persistently under pressure to change our individual likings, personality, change the way we look, etc. to feel accepted and approved by society. The desire to fit in and not be an outsider with social groups causes people to feel pressured and change themselves to fit in. Fey’s statement is correct that people conform with society to not be an outsider or avoid the fear of possibly being an outsider.

So why exactly do we conform? Author Doris Lessing provides an answer to this question in her article, “Group Minds.” Lessing describes how westerners conform and how it affects their individuality. Social psychologist at Rutgers University, Solomon Asch provides similar ideas, but in a more scientific manner. In his article, “Opinions and Social Pressure,” Asch studies how men conform to the social pressures of a group.

Conformity becomes a bad thing when we start to conform in place of thinking to belong to a group or so as not to be different. When this happens we tend to take on the

The causes of conformity among individuals have long been debated and researched in recent decades. It is for this reason that conformity is an intriguing psychological concept. It causes sound-minded individuals to go against their best judgement, to engage in behaviour which they usually would not engage in, even accept and welcome an idea they internally disagree with, all in order to not be a deviant from the group. It is thus interesting to look at the factors which cause people to conform, to do what they see others doing, to rely on the judgements of the group, and to ignore their own senses and perceptions. It is the reasons for the individual's desire to conform that I will be discussing in this paper.

According to an article by Saul McLeod in Simple Psychology, “conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group”(McLeod “What”). It is not an uncommon experience in life to encounter yourself or others yielding to group pressure. Sometimes the situation is as simple as the celebration of some random basketball team making it through to the next playoff game, not actually caring who shot that winning basket, but joining in the excitement because it would be considered the “norm” within that social group. So for years now scientists of all specialties have been asking the question, “why is it that people conform, and where will they draw the line?”

When we are in adolescence, most of us choose to conform to what is socially accepted as we go through the education system and learn the basics of life. As we grow older, we are expected to choose our own path in life. eventually we are all expected to leave our comfort zone, expected to follow our own path and establish ourselves as free thinking adults. people have different desires in life and choose to pursue them in their own way. To people, the word conformity inherently is met with a negative connotation. Individuals do not like to think that they are being pressured by societal influences, but in reality, it is in our human nature to want to be accepted as part of a group, many will change themselves or their opinions in order to achieve a

Everywhere around the world exists some form of structure, pattern, or organization. There is always a certain degree of conformity for every object and living being; likewise, humans prefer to “blend in” by following a trend or standard. It’s an unavoidable tendency that humans follow subconsciously. In the same way a sunflower requires sunlight to survive, humans depend on preset standards to thrive. They have a potent desire to live up to expectations, to become a clone of another, to purchase the same brands, etc. It’s an endless cycle of rules and its followers.

Conformity is a powerful force that can take the form of social pressure, or unconscious influence. The general concept of conformity refers to any change in behavior caused by another person or group. Conformity is limited to changes in behavior caused by other people, it does not affect internal concepts such as attitudes or beliefs (Breckler,Olson,Wiggins,2005, p. 29). Dr. Gregory Berns stated “the two leading theories of conformity are that people look to the group because they are unsure of what to do, and that people go along with the group because they are afraid of being different” (Why So Many Minds Think Alike, 2009, [Online]).

Conformity is a well-known social behavior that involves mimicking the behaviors of those around you. Growing up, I was an extremely shy girl who didn’t really have any friends. When I was at middle school age, I didn’t quite understand “girl world”. I didn’t understand why I had to start wearing my hair down and to dress a certain way. I didn’t understand why everyone was so obsessed with this one guy. I didn’t understand all the kids’ slangs. I was extremely lost and judging by the other children, I was totally wrong. As soon as I started conforming to what was considered the social norm, I was accepted by more people and I gained more friends. It wasn’t like I completely lost who I was, I was just acting a little

Conformity is the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and and. behaviors to .group. norms(Boundless, 2014). Simplifying it; Crutchfield in 1995 is quoted .saying that conformity is basically labeled as “yielding to group pressures”(McLeod, 2007). The majority of people conform to their surrounding standards without even noticing it(Advameg, 2014). Conforming is not necessarily bad or good. Advameg (2014) gives the example of how people stop at a red light even though a law enforcer may not be around. A small amount of conformity is required to have an organized society(Boundless, 2014). However the view of conformity is .distinct .from .nation to nation. Since conventionality does exist everywhere,

Conformity is more of a cultural goal for people, it is a type of social influences in a way. This social influence deals with changing beliefs and behaviors in order to “fit in” a group. This change is in response to real involving the physical presence of others or

Lack of individuality, rebellion, pressure, limited expression, manipulation, being controlled - these are all ingredients that make up the recipe for the dangerous nature of conformity. To some, and maybe yourself, the very idea of being conformed in this way is unheard of - to be controlled by authority, or to not express who you are is nothing more than simple food for thought whilst reading your favourite dystopian novel. But to some, they face these circumstances more often than not, maybe in extremes, or maybe without realising it. A simple day at school can end up being a place where kids are told to act a certain way and to say things they don’t mean. There are some upsides to conformity - it gives order and regulation to a system where

Conformity, as defined by Simply Psychology, is “a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group”. The term conformity is a term that’s common place in the psychology community because of how applicable the idea is to the common person and their actions. Conformity can be caused by a myriad of different things, some of which being because the individual desires to either fit in with the majority of the group or because they genuinely feel the popular within the group is the correct one. Both of these phenomena are known as social normative and social informative influence respectively. If we go further into detail, social normative influence is caused by real and imagined group pressure. For example, if one were to stop reading a certain book series because their classmate viewed it as immature and tacky that would be conformity in response to real group pressure.