Conformity is where people change their beliefs, attitudes, actions, or perceptions to more closely match those held by groups to which they belong or want to belong or by groups whose approval they desire. As said in the article ‘Ebscohost Conformity’ “As a group gets larger, more people tend to conform.” This states one positive about conformity. Conformity has important social implications and continues to be actively researched. It is basically if you are willing to follow rules and regulations and the morals you have. In this essay I will talk about why it is important, how power can be abused etc.
Conformity is very important because it is important to follow regulations so that no one gets hurt. No matter what there will be someone who heavily lacks conformity, being that is just who they are, granted a lot of people have a lot of conformity so it all could level out depending on how you look at it. As it says in the Ebscohost Conformity, “People tend to conform if the group agrees unanimously. Conformity is easy to achieve when there are no dissenters in the group.” This ties into how everyone has a different level of conformity and morals. One group of people may follow conformity differently than another. That’s just because of how much conformity people may have.
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When you are a leader you have many responsibilities. Keeping the people you are leading safe and following regulations in a big part of leadership. You can’t keep others in line when you are not in line yourself. Being in authority can be abused because you have a lot on you're hands and in your power. It says in the Ebscohost Conformity “It has been found that groups influence their members through a variety of techniques.” this shows that influence in important in groups and influence branches off of conformity. They more conformity you have, the more you influence people in positive