What is human behavior?These are his actions in relation to the environment, to himself. In a broad sense, this is a social function that indicates the ability of an individual to adapt and contact with society.
In social psychology today distinguish suchtypes of human behavior, as conformism and its opposite - non-conformism. The phenomenon of conformism can be described as the ability to adapt, change your opinion, actions under the pressure of society. A good illustration of such a definition could be Andersen’s fairy tale about the king, whose subordinates were afraid even to assume that in fact the ruler was naked.
The opposite ability of the individual to remainThe notion of “non-conformism” is independent of the opinion of others - it is the ability to maintain an independent position. Studies of group influence on the personality and its values have become a separate subject for study.
In the literature, the term is often used“Conformal behavior”, by the term is meant the relation of a person to a group, susceptibility to its influence. This may be the conscious pliability of the majority opinion in order to avoid conflict or completely falling into dependence on the authorities and the leaders of society.
In the "convenient" for society behavior distinguish twotype External conformity, when an individual artificially agrees with the majority opinion, but internally retains his views. And internal conformity - a person is so influenced by the group that he accepts any information without criticism and does not even try to think for himself, but relies entirely on the opinion of society.
A very curious feature was discovered by scientists and recorded by experiments in cases where a person denies conformal behavior. This so-called stance of persistent negativity,total rejection of group pressure, which seems at first glance independence. But in reality, as studies have shown, such cases are not the complete freedom of the individual from society. And if I may say so, this is the so-called conformal behavior vice versa.That is, setting a goal for himself - under no circumstances to obey the group, the individual becomes dependent on it. Because, one way or another, he is tied to public opinion, but only in the opposite direction.
Genuine self-reliance and independence can be called not a complete denial of public opinion (negativism), but still a sober assessment of the group’s values, its behavior.
What influences the suggestibility of a person and his conformal behavior, why does he become a slave?
Experiments have shown that on exposuregroup pressure is influenced primarily by the characteristics of the individual. The highest level of suggestibility is observed in adolescence and youth. Then the degree of conformism gradually decreases, and during the period of maturity remains almost at a constant level. The group has a high influence on people who, by profession, have to contact with a large team and adapt to it. Orchestral musicians, military men, employees of large corporations can be called the most conformal personalities.
It is observed that individuals with high status canaggressively confront the majority. The most inspired in society is the middle class, and individuals of the polar category are able to withstand the pressure of others for the longest time.
Конформное поведение - скорее, беда нашего of society. In an era of oversupply of incoming information, when it is impossible to verify it, people are often forced to take on other people's values and beliefs on faith. On the other hand, there is also a positive influence of such a phenomenon; it helps society to be a single mechanism, contributes to the preservation of traditions, culture and social values.
