The Phenomena of Conformity, Obedience, and Deviance

Effects of Social Influence on Ones Self This essay defines the phenomenon of Conformity, Obedience and Deviance in the light of historic research and contemporary experiments. Concluding to the fact that deviance is a valuable Human attribute that makes our life what it is today. Introduction: Man is a social animal and among his other social needs, is to be socially recognized and acclaimed by his fellow society members. This desire is so overwhelming that one might go to any extent to be part of a social group. Thus ones opinions, expressions and behavior might change in order to obtain coherence with the group norm. The desire to be part of a group can be so daunting that one may base their major decisions on this desire of others. In fact we tend to provide justifications of our own actions by comparing them with other and thus getting our validation. The behavior/ decision seem more reasonable to us if we find others doing it too. Since our childhood we have been taught about the behavior which are acceptable by the society, this tends to decide what is right or wrong for us. The two most visible attitudes discovered by extensive research, are conformity and obedience. Two might appear to be one and the same. However, historic researches have helped us analyze a major difference between them: Conformity: Conformity is the extent to which the individual will change his/ her perception and attitude to be in accordance with the group norms. Now these normsShow MoreRelatedProsocial Behavior And Its Effect On Society2661 Words   |  11 Pagestowards the direction of helping people or society as a whole. It encourages the initiation and maintenance of relationships and balance. Obedience is defined as succumbing to the demands of a powerful, authority figure. The idea of submitting to another’s orders has taken a negative connotation both in the past and today. However, contrary to popular belief, with obedience comes along guidelines, rules and order. Therefore, though yielding to the demands of authority does not necessarily mean an individualRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pages496 Myth or Science? â€Å"Employees Resent Outsourcing† 500 Point/Counterpoint The En d of Management 503 Questions for Review 504 Experiential Exercise Dismantling a Bureaucracy 504 Ethical Dilemma Directing the Directors 505 Case Incident 1 Creative Deviance: Bucking the Hierarchy? 506 Case Incident 2 Siemens’ Simple Structure—Not 506 4 16 The Organization System Organizational Culture 511 What Is Organizational Culture? 512 A Definition of Organizational Culture 512 †¢ Culture Is a DescriptiveRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesExercising influence Motivating Others Managing Conflict Initiating Responding Mediating Empowering and Delegating Empowering Delegating Building Effective Teams and Teamwork Leading teams Team membership Teamwork Leading Positive Change Foster positive deviance Lead positive change Mobilize others ITEMS 1–5 1–2 3–5 6–11 6–7 8–9 10–11 12–23 12–14 15–19 20–23 24–32 24–25 26–28 29–32 33–40 33–37 38–40 41–49 50–58 50–52 53–55 56–58 59–67 59–62 63–67 68–77 68–71 72–73 74–77 78–84 78–80 81–82 83–84 ASSESSMENT