Conformity

We live in a society that relies on technology for communication, gratification, and more. There has been a shift from strictly face-to-face interactions to a world where everyone has an ever increasing online presence. Social paradigms that were seen in these face-to-face interactions have crossed over into an online world and play a more widespread…

“A&P” is a short story by John Updike narrated by Sammy, a youthful worker in an “A&P” grocery store in a small town. On a regular working day, Sammy sights three girls who are dressed scantily, and their attitudes and action make Sammy lose his job. Before meeting the girls, Sammy’s life is simple, and…

The article, “The Sociology of Leopard Man,” by Logan Feys, discusses the world’s most tattooed man, who chose to cover himself in leopard spots and live in solitude whenever possible. Feys discusses whether Leopard Man was an attention seeking conformist, or if his rash decision was based on what he truly wanted, and not for…

It may seem as though the controversy between feeling and thought has only been explored in recent phenomena, but in reality, it has been a hot topic for centuries. Humans have the tendency to use their emotions as a way to argue political agendas, but the real question is if that is the right or…

For this paper, I chose the topic of conformity and nonconformity and the collective emotional experience in social groups. Emotions play a key role in group dynamics impacting relations between members and the group. Group-based emotions have to do with a response to events that relate to the group as a whole. An individual’s perception…

Studies have shown that people tend to match their behavior on social media platforms to the views and opinions of others as espoused by Jonas Colliander (2019). The authors conducted an empirical study that investigated the nature of Facebook consensus. In particular, they had sought to find out the influence exerted by conformity on people’s…