PSY511 Assignment 2 Solution and Discussion

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SEMESTER FALL 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (511) ASSIGNMENT NO. 2
Developed By: Hussnain Mustafa Khalid
Due Date: 17th Jan 2020
Assignment Objective:
Marks: 20
This assignment has been designed to make students understand the concept of conformity and practically learn its implication.
Assignment
Your task is to go through the topic of Conformity in detail and answer the following questions.
Q1.
Case Type of Conformity (13) Explanation. (43)
Armeena always wear her shoes in her house but when she arrived at her friend’s house for a party, she saw that everyone is walking bare-footed in the house and they have left their shoes at

the entrance of the house, so she did the same.
Atif was asked to join a sitting whereby his favorite singer was present. Atif’s friends noticed that he agreed to whatever the singer was saying even on things which Atif usually do not agree to normally.
Sarmed was once caught by his beloved friend smoking a cigarette. His friend asked him to stop smoking. Sarmed extinguished the cigarette that he was smoking and he also did not smoke even when his friend was not present in his company.
Q2. Elaborate the concept of Minority Influence and give an example from your life. (5)
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Instructions to follow:

• Please record your answers in the given table otherwise your assignment will be graded as ZERO.
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