Social Conformity Quiz: Psychology Experiments and Theories

1. If your best friend told you your hat is silly would you be persuaded to take it off?

No, who cares what he/ she thinks. I think my hat is fabulous.

Yes, my friend is doing whats right for me. I probably do look ridiculous.

2. How important is fitting in to you?

Very important.

Not important.

3. Have you ever changed yourself in order to be liked by others?

Yes. Just to fit in.

No. I don't care about fitting in.

4. Loosely speaking, do you think that people tend to uniform themselves, adopting the same opinions and behaviours?

Yes. I think our society is too involved in conformity and indifference is some what lacked.

No. Everyone is different from each other in opinion and trends.

5. How important is being different to you?

I try pretty hard to stand out from the rest.

I don't want to stand out.

6. Do you think you fit into a stereotype?

Yes. I am pretty cliche.

No. I am my own person.

7. Do you consider yourself an original person?

Yes. I'd like to think I stand out in a crowd.

No. I tend to follow society's rules.

8. Are other people's opinions of you important?

No. I really don't care what people think of me.

Yes. I think it's important to recognize other people's perspectives of you.

9. Would you rather be a small fish in a big pond or a big fish in a small pond?

Small fish! I just want to fit in.

Big fish! I want to stand out.

10. Do you try to distinguish yourself from the masses

Yes. It's called identification, we are all unique.

No. I think it's better to just go with the flow.

11. What do you think about uniforms?

Love them. I like getting to wear the same thing as everybody else.

Dislike them. I don't want to be wearing what everyone else is.

12. Do you keep up and follow trends? (This refers to music, fashion, magazines)

No, I have my own trends to follow.

Yes, I tend to follow trends set by others.

13. Everyone at school is wearing skinny jeans. Does this persuade you to do so as well?

Yes. If everyone is doing it, I should too.

No. If anything, I would wear something completely different.

14. Do you consider yourself a leader or a follower in your group of friends?

Follower. I tend to do what everyone else is doing.

Leader. I set the trends and I voice my opinions out to others.

15. If a stranger told you your hat is silly would you be persuaded to take it off?

No, I don't care about his/ her opinion. I think my hat is cool.

Yes, if a stranger has to say that to me, I probably look pretty ridiculous.

16. Do you ever find yourself picking up your friend's habits or habitually using your friends jokes? (Ex; Marie starts using your mom jokes because of Anne.)

Yes. I did it once or twice and it caught on.

No. I don't do that.

17. Do you have a lot in common with your friends and family?

Yes, we have shared interests and opinions

No, we are very different from each other and generally don't share the same interests.

18. Do you think it's important in your primary group (the people you spend time with most) for you and your friends to have similar interests?

Yes. We should be able to talk about the same things and have the same opinions about things.

No. Having different opinions and topics to talk about is a good thing.

19. How often do you find yourself agreeing to something only because everyone else is doing so. (Ex; all your friends raise their hands so you do so as well)

Not often. I have my own opinions that I should hold.

Often, my friends are knowledgable (just pretend they are) and by siding with them I have a greater chance of being right

20. When you're facing a dilemma, you mostly listen to:

Your friends/ family

Yourself

21. You are waiting to cross the street with your friends but it says DONT WALK. While waiting for it to be safe to cross, you see someone going and a few seconds later, other your friends start walking too. What do you do?

Walk with them. If other people are doing it, there is really no harm.

Wait for the light. I'd rather be safe than sorry.

22. One of your friends is in a disagreement with another group of people. Would you side with your friend even if you disagree?

Yes, I support my friends regardless.

No, he/she is wrong so.

23. Do you and your friends generally share the same taste in music/ clothing/ movies/ etc?

Yes. It's great, everyone can talk about similar interests.

No. We are all unique and have different interests and opinions!

24. Are you willing to be in a class you dislike if all your friends were in that class?

No, I don't care if my friends are in my class

Yes, I don't want to be in a class without my friends

25. You're waiting in line at the cafeteria and you see kids cutting in line, what do you do.

Cut in line. (Other people are doing it, why not?)

Stay in line. (I don't want to get in trouble.)