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GCSE Psychology · key term
Publicly going along with a group to gain approval while privately disagreeing.
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Paper 2
Publicly going along with a group while privately disagreeing.
Revise: ConformitySomeone might laugh at a joke they do not find funny because everyone else is laughing. They are publicly going along with the group without privately agreeing: this is compliance. Alternatively, people may follow a group because they believe others know better.
Paper 2
Distinguish compliance from internalisation by whether the person privately accepts the majority view.
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Changing behaviour to match a group while privately disagreeing, often to gain approval or avoid rejection.
In compliance, someone goes along with the group publicly but privately disagrees. The situation creates a desire for approval or a fear of rejection. In internalisation, the person genuinely accepts the group’s position: their private opinion changes as well as their public behaviour.
