compliance
(noun)
The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
Examples of compliance in the following topics:
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Compliance
- Compliance affects everyday behavior, especially in social interactions.
- In studying compliance, social psychologists aim to examine overt and subtle social influences and their relationship to compliance.
- Individuals can be coaxed into compliance in a number of ways, which we will discuss next.
- Number: Compliance increases as the number of people in a group increases.
- Low-balling gains compliance by offering the subject something at a low initial cost.
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Ethical Guidelines for Animal Research
- Under the AWA, all animal dealers must be registered and licensed, and all animal testing facilities in compliance with this act are required to establish a special committee that includes at least one person trained as a veterinarian and one person who is not affiliated with the facility.
- In addition to compliance with the Animal Welfare Act, most research institutions have an institutional review board (IRB), which is a committee that has been formally designated to approve, monitor, and review biomedical and behavioral research involving humans.
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The Link Between Psychology and Health
- For example, depression has been related to many risk factors for poor health including overeating, smoking, physical inactivity, and poor medication compliance.
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Introduction to Schizophrenia and Psychosis
- Substance abuse is associated with poor treatment compliance, and may be a form of self-medication.
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Group Behavior
- It is important to distinguish deindividuation from obedience (when a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure), compliance (when a person responds favorably to a request from others) and conformity (when a person attempts to match his attitudes to group norms, versus the total relinquishing of individuality seen in deindividuation).
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Conformity
- It is generally distinguished from obedience (behavior influenced by authority figures) and compliance (behavior influenced by peers).
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Obedience
- Obedience is generally distinguished from compliance (behavior influenced by peers) and conformity (behavior intended to match that of the majority).