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Conformity

Itisbasicallyatypeofsocialpressureorsocialinfluencethatchangesa
personorasmallgroupofpeopleinthatsocietytofitintothemajoritygroup.
Conformityislikeagrouppressure.
Conformityhasitsgoodsideanditsbadside.Alsoconformityhappenedway
backinthehistoryofmankind.Forexample,TheCivilrights,whentheblackskinned
peoplegetsthatsamerightasthewhiteskinnedpeople.Somewhitepeopledisagree
withtheblackpeoplehavelessrightsorlibertythanthewhitepeoplebutbecause
theyareinasocialthatthemajorityagreesthanwhitepeoplehasmorerights.This
madethedisagreeingwhitepeopletosaytheyagreeeventhoughtheydont.
Conformityisntalwaysagoodthingtodo.Ontheotherhand,therearebeneficial
thingsaboutconformityisthatwhenthereislogicalthinking.Examplesforagood
conformitywouldbefollowingthecountryslawsordoastheschoolrulessaywhat
todo.
Overall,thiscanbeconcludedwithwhenapersonoragroupofpeople
conform,itisbecausetoimpressorgainacceptancefromthemajorityofpeople.
Conformitymostlyhappensbypeopleinstinct.Conformitymakesusfeelthatweare
doingtherightobjective.Although,conformityisntalwaysright.Therefore,
conformityisusedtoshowanagreementtothemajorityortofitintothesocietyin
thatcurrentsituation.

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