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1. Q: Define and contrast compliance and conversion. How does majority and minority influence relate to compliance and conversion?

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2. Q: Using the concept of idiosyncrasy credits, explain how groups would react to a a) deviant: b) leader, c) older member, and d) new member.

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3. Q: Draw on Schachter's study of people's reactions to deviation to explain what happens in a group when one of the members disagrees with the others

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All three questions are answered. The first question's answer is approx 180 words, the seconds is approx 345, and the third is approx 243. References are also included.

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1. Q: Define and contrast compliance and conversion.
A: Compliance is going along with the crowd. It obeys a power relationship. Conversion is obeying instead of believing. Convert because of pressure. Compliance means the person went along with the majority. Conversion means the person could go along with minority or majority beliefs.

How does majority and minority influence relate to compliance and conversion?
A. Minority influence is the minority persuading the majority about an opinion. Compliance is getting someone to agree to do something. Majority influence is the majority persuading the minority to agree about something. Compliance is the willingness of someone to do something. Majority is the pressure from a group to make someone in the minority do it.
Minority influence related to conversion - if the person feels what the minority says is accurate, then the person will convert to how the minority is thinking. Majority influence is the pressure to make the person convert. It is a matter of the person obeying what the majority wants their opinion to be. The Theory of Conversion is pressured by minority and majority. There is a conflict and the resolution is for the person to take the path of least resistance.

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