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Quantifying compliance and acceptance through public and private social conformity

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ID20409671
AuthorsSophie Sowden (0000-0001-9913-0515, King's College London, corresponding author), Sofia Koletsi (0000-0002-6661-7797, King's College London), Eva Lymberopoulos (0000-0003-3605-2390, King's College London), Elisabeta Militaru (King's College London), Caroline Catmur (0000-0001-6996-4295, King's College London), Geoffrey Bird (0000-0003-4788-5865, King's College London)
Year2018
Volume65
Pages359-367
Publication date2018-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueConsciousness and Cognition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1053-8100 • E-ISSN: 1090-2376
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.concog.2018.08.009
PMID30219289
OpenAlexW2891409283
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited21

Social conformity is a class of social influence whereby exposure to the attitudes and beliefs of a group causes an individual to alter their own attitudes and beliefs towards those of the group. Compliance and acceptance are varieties of social influence distinguished on the basis of the attitude change brought about. Compliance involves public, but not private conformity, while acceptance occurs when group norms are internalised and conformity is demonstrated both in public and in private. Most contemporary paradigms measuring conformity conflate compliance and acceptance, while the few studies to have addressed this issue have done so using between-subjects designs, decreasing their sensitivity. Here we present a novel task which measures compliance and acceptance on a within-subjects basis. Data from a small sample reveal that compliance and acceptance can co-occur, that compliance is increased with an increasing majority, and demonstrate the usefulness of the task for future studies of conformity

Conformity · Conformity assessment · Social influence · Task group · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Computer Science · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year1,57
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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