Relationship between Attitude and Conformity and Its Importance in Culture

Running head: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Relationship between attitude and conformity and its importance in culture
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Compare and analyze the literature............................................................................................2
Compare the limitations of the studies.......................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................6

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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Introduction
Attitudes are judgments that individual make about objects, ideas or events or may be
about other people in the society. Attitudes can be either explicit or implicit. Explicit attitudes
are mainly the responsive beliefs, which can assist decisions as well as behaviors. Implicit
attitudes are those unintentional beliefs, which can still effect the decisions and behaviors
(Smith, Mackie & Claypool, 2014). The three components of attitude are cognitive,
emotional and behavioral. However, conformity is a kind of social influence, which includes
a modification in the belief as well as behavior so that one can fit into a group. Not every
time behaviors are conforming to an individual’s feelings and beliefs because behaviors that
highlights a given attitude might be suppressed because of a rival attitude, which will occur
as a defense to the perspectives of others who disagrees with it. Therefore, it is important to
research about the relationship between attitude and conformity because it will help people
understand the various issues related to attitude and conformity. Along with this, it will help
people to understand the importance of both attitude and conformity in the society. Thus, the
aim of this assignment is to discuss the empirical articles, which has been collected so far
related to this research topic.
Compare and analyze the literature
The reviews from the researches, which have been collected, so far it has been
observed that Vogel & Wanke (2016) has stated that attitude is a person’s total analysis of the
people around as well as the objects. He further stated that likings and disliking towards any
person and object takes place due to attitude. Therefore, it is the attitude, which determines
how a person should behave. However, conformity is altogether a different concept, which
Szolnoki & Perc (2015) stated that it is a type of social influence, which includes
modification in behavior or thoughts in order to connect with or fit in a group. Therefore, it