social conformity
Following the crowd
Social conformity is the tendency to adjust one's behavior, beliefs, or appearance to match those of a surrounding group.
The pressure may be explicit or merely perceived: Social conformity keeps most people from wearing pajamas to the office.
Conformity can maintain social cohesion or suppress individuality, depending on context and degree.
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
- herd mentalityTendency to follow crowds
- follow the crowdAdopt majority behavior
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
going along · internalization · unwritten rules · ostracism · tradition · obedience · deindividuation · workplace norms · school rules · uniformity · moral codes · group polarization · societal expectations · collective memory · taboos · toe the line · rituals · religious practices
- conformityconforming, conformist, conformism, comply, compliant
- social conformityconformist, peer pressure, herd mentality, groupthink, follow the crowd
- Psychology ResearchStanford prison experiment, Pavlov's dogs, marshmallow test, classical conditioning, operant conditioning
- herd behaviorherd mentality, bandwagon effect, conformism, peer pressure, following the crowd
- imitationcopy, copycat, imitation, mimicking, replica
- following behaviorsstalking, trailing, shadowing, tracking, tailing
social conformitynonconformity
Rejection of prevailing norms
deviance · rebellion · defiance · dissent · noncompliance
social conformityindividualism
Doctrine of personal independence
nonconformity · autonomy · self-determination · freethinking · self-direction
social conformityanticonformity
Deliberate opposition to norms
rebellion · iconoclasm · subversion · nonconformism · defiance