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by Anonymous on September 1st, 2009

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Why do people conform?

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  • by Zack on September 1st, 2009

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    They don't want to be left out.

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  • by factoid master on September 3rd, 2009

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    By and large, most people prefer to shed responsibility. By conforming they do just that. It takes the anguish of having to make decisions "out of their hands".

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  • by Cruiser on September 1st, 2009

    Cruiser

    Primarily to survive...if you want something I have you will need to conform to the requirements of that transaction and from there sets of mutual expectations will develop. Conformity is a perquisite of civil societies and even more extreme and less mutually acceptable levels of conformity are required in societies ruled by dictatorships, Monarchies and religious leaders.

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  • by words o wisdom on September 3rd, 2009

    words o wisdom

    People are social creatures and commonly conform for social relation and acceptance.

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  • by Moongrim on September 3rd, 2009

    Moongrim

    Humans are herd animals: Sheeple.

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  • by nutmegcollector on September 3rd, 2009

    nutmegcollector

    That's how we define normal, the way most people act. If you do not conform, you are abnormal.

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  • by Bob on September 1st, 2009

    Bob

    will you let me live if i tell you what you want to hear?

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  • by Anonymous on September 1st, 2009

    To short answer? To fit in. Nobody (subconsciously or not) wants to feel secluded or like an outcast. It's a human need to feel like we are in a group.

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  • by Sid on September 1st, 2009

    Sid

    They just get tired of fighting.

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  • by Tim Unbounded on September 1st, 2009

    Tim Unbounded

    If you read the Book the Lucifer Effect by Dr Zimbardo, you will find out. It is an awesome book.
    Human beings are highly complex, ambiguous, paradoxical, ambivalent, hypocritical and oxymoronic in nature. We both want to be loved and yet want to do our own thing. We want to have our cake and eat it.
    Ultimately people want to be loved and want to feel they belong. People will conform if it is their interests to conform rather than not to conform, there are no other options they can think of, measured against the strength of their morals, and they do not know how to challenge the others. People who have strong interests to conform, have situational morals and no other options will conform.
    So if I have a job which pays me £100,000 a year, have a family with big bills to pay, and I see something untoward at work, I will first consider my morals. If they are situational and I must keep my job and I do not know how to challenge what is going on, I will conform too. If my boss asks me to do something untoward, then I may do the same. I do not want to risk losing my job, my home, my family and my livelihood.
    The fear of being rejected is so great in us that we want to behave such we conform.
    Ultimately if we are rejected from society we will die : we will have no food, no water, no shelter. So we seek means to be accepted to society. The degree to which we are prepared to be rejected is the degree to which we will not conform.

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  • by Anonymous T on September 1st, 2009

    Anonymous T

    They've got more to lose
    when they don't...
    ... or they have a weak
    volition.

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  • by SmileyStrawberry on September 1st, 2009

    SmileyStrawberry

    Everyone conforms no matter what they say; it's human nature. If you aren't conforming to main stream culture you're conforming to another culture or group of some sort.

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  • by crooked_shaft on September 1st, 2009

    crooked_shaft

    For some reason people just want to fit in.

    Where as I have always wanted to stand out.

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  • by toxiclucas on June 11th, 2010

    toxiclucas

    stupidity they don't know how to think for themselves

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