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Group Conformity

Group Conformity is a psychological phenomenon in which individuals align their attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors with those of a group due to real or imagined group pressure, distinguishing it from mere compliance or obedience by emphasizing internalization of group norms.

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1K

Authors

446

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Variants

Conformity In Groups

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Publications

549

Studies of independence and conformity: I. A minority of one against a unanimous majority.

Solomon E. Asch · The Psychological Monographs · 1956 · 4.2K citations

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Social influence: Social norms, conformity and compliance.

Robert B. Cialdini, Melanie R. Trost · 1998 · 2.6K citations

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Culture and conformity: A meta-analysis of studies using Asch's (1952b, 1956) line judgment task.

Rod Bond, Peter B. Smith · Psychological Bulletin · 1996 · 1.4K citations

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The Evolution of Conformist Transmission and the Emergence of Between-Group Differences

Joe Henrich, Robert Boyd · Evolution and Human Behavior · 1998 · 1.2K citations

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Knowing what to think by knowing who you are: Self‐categorization and the nature of norm formation, conformity and group polarization*

Dominic Abrams, Margaret Wetherell, Sandra Cochrane et al. · British Journal of Social Psychology · 1990 · 812 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Michael A. Hogg

    Claremont Graduate University, United States

    9 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. NS
    Norman S. Endler

    York University, Canada

    7 publications · 144 citations

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  3. VL
    Vernon L. Allen

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    6 publications · 278 citations

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  4. AW
    Arie W. Kruglanski

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    5 publications · 689 citations

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  5. EP
    Edwin P. Hollander

    Buffalo State University, United States

    5 publications · 334 citations

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Institutions

446

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    968 citations

  2. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    844 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    638 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    1K citations

  6. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    285 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    443 citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    47 publications · 3.3K citations

    28

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  2. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology

    31 publications · 2K citations

    25

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  3. The Journal of Social Psychology

    31 publications · 903 citations

    18

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  4. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 16 publications · 939 citations

    15

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  5. Journal of Personality

    15 publications · 443 citations

    13

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