Social conformity is the human tendency to adopt one’s beliefs and behaviors to a group. Please consider the various approaches to conformity and obedience reviewed in this course and then summarize the dominant approaches. Under what conditions do individuals submit to a group? Under what conditions do individuals rebel? Finally, relate these approaches to a contemporary or historical event. How do these psychological approaches shed light on this par-
ticular event? To receive a satisfactory grade, you must thoroughly describe the relevant theoretical
approaches and how they apply to an actual event. (Political Psychology)
