CHAPTER OUTLINE
Conformity and Obedience: An Overview
- Causal versus normative explanations
- Positive and negative aspects
Norm Formation
- Spontaneous and manipulated norms
- Status and group norms
- The arbitrary nature of norms
Conformity
- Conformity to majority-established norms
- Conformity and socialization
- Gender and conformity
- When the few change the many
- Culture and conformity
Obedience to Authority
- Whom do we obey?
- How much do we obey?
- Who obeys?
- Why do we obey?
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