Section 3
Social Influence
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Group Behavior
Groups influence individual decision-making processes in a variety of ways, such as groupthink, groupshift, and deindividuation.
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Obedience
Obedience is a form of social influence that occurs when a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure.
Compliance
"Compliance" refers to a response, specifically a submission, made in reaction to an implicit or explicit request.
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Conformity
In psychology, conformity is defined as the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms.