! This is a graded discussion: 25 points possible due Jun 15 at 1:59am Week 6 Discussion: Social Influence 4 4 Search entries or author Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Initial Post Instructions Think of the last time you were with a group of people at work or hanging out with a group of friends. How does your behavior change when you are with a particular group of people? Why do you think your behavior changes? Provide a personal example of compliance, conformity or obedience. Cite key concepts and theories to support your example. Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week. Follow-Up Post Instructions Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification. Writing Requirements Grading This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading Rubric. Please review the following link: Course Outcomes (CO) 1, 3 Due Date for Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday Textbook: Chapter 17 Lesson Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up) Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source) APA format for in-text citations and list of references Link (webpage): Discussion Guidelines Unread " # $ Subscribe ! 6/9/20, 1:52 AM Page 1 of 6 % Reply (https://chamberlain.instructure.com/courses/63025/users/69954)Renee Owens (Instructor) Apr 22, 2020 ! You can begin posting in this discussion forum on Monday, June 8th. This week, we will discuss the topic of social influence, “the process by which social groups and individuals exert pressure on an individual, either deliberately or unintentionally” (Feldman, 2018, p.567). In our discussion, we will focus on three types of social influence: compliance, conformity and obedience. Now, think back to the last time you were with a group of people at work or hanging out with a group of friends. *Please be sure to review the discussion guidelines via the link provided above as to make sure you understand how discussions will be graded. Remember to cite all of your sources in APA format (in- text citations and list of references)* *Initial response should be submitted by Wednesday, June 10th, 11:59 pm MT and discussion requirements need to be met by Sunday, June 14th, 11:59 pm MT.* How does your behavior change when you are with a particular group of people? Why do you think your behavior changes? Provide a personal example of compliance, conformity or obedience. Cite key concepts and theories to support your example. 6/9/20, 1:52 AM Page 2 of 6 % Reply & References Feldman, R. S. (2018). Understanding psychology (14th ed.). Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education. (https://chamberlain.instructure.com/courses/63025/users/145729)Amanda Chappell- Walkwitz (https://chamberlai.

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Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Initial Post Instructions
Think of the last time you were with a group of people at work
or hanging out with a group of friends. How
does your behavior change when you are with a particular group
of people? Why do you think your
behavior changes? Provide a personal example of compliance,
conformity or obedience. Cite key concepts
and theories to support your example.
Be sure to make connections between your ideas and
conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and
theory we are discussing this week.
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor.
Further the dialogue by providing more
information and clarification.
Writing Requirements

2. Grading
This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading
Rubric. Please review the following link:
Course Outcomes (CO) 1, 3
Due Date for Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday
Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday
Textbook: Chapter 17
Lesson
Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up)
Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons
and an outside source)
APA format for in-text citations and list of references
Link (webpage): Discussion Guidelines
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3. You can begin posting in this discussion forum on Monday,
June 8th.
This week, we will discuss the topic of social influence, “the
process by which social groups and
individuals exert pressure on an individual, either deliberately
or unintentionally” (Feldman, 2018,
p.567). In our discussion, we will focus on three types of social
influence: compliance, conformity and
obedience. Now, think back to the last time you were with a
group of people at work or hanging out
with a group of friends.
*Please be sure to review the discussion guidelines via the link
provided above as to make sure you
understand how discussions will be graded. Remember to cite
all of your sources in APA format (in-
text citations and list of references)*
*Initial response should be submitted by Wednesday, June 10th,
11:59 pm MT and discussion
requirements need to be met by Sunday, June 14th, 11:59 pm
MT.*
How does your behavior change when you are with a particular
group of people? Why
do you think your behavior changes?
Provide a personal example of compliance, conformity or
obedience. Cite key concepts
and theories to support your example.
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Feldman, R. S. (2018). Understanding psychology (14th ed.).
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Hello Dr. Owens and classmates
When I was in high school, occasionally I would end up being
invited to hang out with the "popular"
group outside of school. Instead of just wearing my usual jeans,
t-shirt and messy bun, I would dress up
in clothes I usually hated wearing and put on perfume and
straighten my hair. I would also opt to listen
to pop music instead of rock.
My behavior changed because I wanted the popular crowd to
accept me.

5. My status was relatively low as I was a newcomer, so I
abandoned nearly all of my preferred style
because I wanted them to accept me. Groupthink was something
observable within the popular crowd,
especially when it came to where we were going to eat and
who's house we were going to go to
(Feldman, 2018). No one ever disputed the one guy, whose
father happened to be the richest man in
the county. We did whatever he wanted, even if that meant
trying alcohol before the legal age amongst
other things. The advent of social media and texting in my teens
contributed even more to the appeal of
groupthink because communication became instantaneous and
multiple people were able to view your
thoughts at once. Not only that, but once one person cyber-
bullied a person, many more were likely to
join in (Dellastua, 2017).
References:
Dellastua, H. A. (2017). Does social media cause groupthink?
Retrieved from
https://sites.psu.edu/psy533wheeler/2017/04/21/does-social-
media-cause-groupthink/
Feldman, R. S. (2018). Understanding psychology (14th ed.).
Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education.
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In high school, there was this boy. When we started dating I did
not know much about him. That did not
stop me from falling head over heels for him. It soon was
revealed that he was an addict. Before I knew
it, I was using drugs to impress him and his friends. I wanted to
be his trophy, something he would
never want to lose. Conforming to him and his friends was a
sure way to keep him by my side.
According to Feldman (2018) "Conformity is a change in
behavior or attitudes brought about by a desire
to follow the beliefs or standards of other people." Since his
standards was about drugs, I wanted my
standards to follow suit. This can be seen as normative
conformity. This type of conformity is the
inclination to behave in particular ways in order to be approved
by a group, regardless of whether we
know the group is wrong or not (McAndrews, 2020).
Looking back on my past, I have had this obsessive need to fit
in with those around me. From high
school until 3 years ago, I would do whatever it took to be liked
and please people in my life. This is one
of the main reasons I became an addict. I fell in love with an
addict. Being around him and his friends
led to my dark journey of addiction. My behavior changed and
caused me to become someone I would
never of dreamed of. I would have done anything to not lose

7. him. My love for him was a key factor in
my behavioral changes. It can be a rare occurrence to have an
immune attitude towards conformity. I
believe that because of my past experiences that I am now
immune to the social influences in my life. I
have discovered who I am and I will stand my ground.
References
Feldman, R.S. (2018). Understanding Psychology (14th ed.)
Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education.
McAndrews, F.T. (2020). The Eternal Challenge of Conformity
Pressure. Psychology Today. Retrieved
from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-
ooze/202006/the-eternal-challenge-
conformity-pressure
(https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-
ooze/202006/the-eternal-
challenge-conformity-pressure)
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Hello Professor and classmates,
One of the examples of my behavioral changes is when I spend
time with my friends versus my
boyfriend's friends. I feel a bit limited in ways I can act, jokes I
can make, simply because I do not know
my boyfriend's friends as well as I know mine. I don't think of
it as a bad thing, but I know that it
happens because I want to remain in a good relationship with
his friends and avoid misunderstandings,
which would be an example of conformity.
Conformity is a subtle and unspoken social pressure that results
in our desire to follow the beliefs and
desires of other people (Feldman, 2018). In the 1950s, Solomon
Asch conducted a series of studies
demonstrating the pressure to conform. This brings us back to
high school times when we wanted to be
a part of the popular group, and therefore acted, dressed, spoke,
and listened to the same music the
popular kids did. Valine (2018), examined the power and risks
of groupthink, which can cause the loss
of our ability to think critically and evaluate alternative points
of view. Through specific examples
(JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo), the article demonstrates
that the adverse effects of groupthink can
happen in any company. The paper concludes with suggestions
to spend more time on critical thinking,
intellectual honesty, integrity, cultural right, as well as
deductive reasoning.
According to Feldman (2018), compliance is the type of

9. behavior that occurs in response to direct
social pressure. An example of this would be the salespeople at
the mall, constantly trying to sell new
face, hand creams, the revolutionary hair styling tools, etc.
They use the following techniques
attempting to sell their product. One of them is a foot-in-the-
door technique, which is used when you
are initially asked to try a sample and eventually asked a larger
task to try more and buy a set of
products. The second technique is door-in-the- face when you
are shown a $500 price tag at first,
followed by a much lower $150 because "they like you." That's-
not-all technique is used when offering
discounts, bonuses, and incentives. The last method is called the
not-so-free sample when we are
forced to reciprocate the previously given sample by making a
purchase.
Obedience "is a change in behavior in response to the command
of others" (Feldman, 2018, p. 572).
An example of obedience would be a child listening to parents,
who are the authority figure in this case
when they ask to do homework; they do so to avoid unpleasant
consequences or punishment. Other
authority figures are teachers, police, government.
References
Feldman, R.S. (2018). Understanding Psychology (14th ed.).
Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education.
Valine, Y.A. (2018). Why cultures fail: the power and risk of
groupthink. Journal of Risk Management in
Financial Institutions, 11(4), 301-307.
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