Myers Chapter 6: Conformity and Obedience Questions and Answers 2023

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conformity - -a change in behavior or belief as the result of real or imagined group pressure -acceptance - -conformity that involves both acting & believing in accord with social pressure -comp... liance - -conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing -obedience - -a type of compliance involving acting in accord with a direct order or command -autokinetic phenomenon - -Self (auto) motion (kinetic). The apparent movement of a stationary point of light in the dark. -mirror neurons - -neurons that rehearse or mimic witnessed actions -mass hysteria - -suggestibility to problems that spreads throughout a large group of people -chameleon effect - -mimicking someone else's behavior -Cohesiveness - -a "we feeling"; the extent to which members of a group are bound together, such as by attraction to one another - [Show More]

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