Unanimity, Status, and Cohesion Are All Factors That Influence When

question 79

Essay

Unanimity, status, and cohesion are all factors that influence when people conform. Explain the impact of each of these factors on conformity in terms of normative and/or informational influence pressures.

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Definitions:

Self-Monitoring

The awareness and regulation of one's behavior in accordance with the social situations and cues.

Attitude Inoculation

A psychological technique that strengthens an individual's attitudes or beliefs by exposing them to small doses of counterarguments, thereby making them more resistant to future challenges or attacks.

Counterarguments

Arguments presented in opposition to another argument, offering a different perspective or rebuttal.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information that is presented first better than information that is presented later.