Forced+Compliance

=Forced Compliance =

Definition: Forced Compliance is when a higher authority figure changes a behavior rather than persuasion changing the behavior. Some psychologists say that forced compliance changes attitudes over persuasion. The theory that supports this is says that some individuals will justify doing they do not like by telling themselves that their attitude has to change. In a way, forced compliance is very similar to brainwashing.

Research: There has been a few different psychologists that have studied forced compliance. One psychologist was Philip Zimbardo. In 1965, Zimbardo used an authority figure to pressure students to eat Japanese grasshoppers. When the authority figure was strict many of the students ate the grasshoppers. When the authority figure was not strict and did not not use force less students ate the grasshoppers.

The main research done about forced compliance was done by Leon Festinger and James M. Carlsmith. They did an experiment called "Cognitive Consequences of Forced Compliance. The experiment was done in 1959. The psychologists took 71 male students from Stanford University. The subject were told that the experiment was about Measures of Performance. The experiment involved using one hand to put spools on a try and then turn them a quater turn clockwise.The experiment was meant to be boring so nobody would say it was fun. From the research, the found that if someone is told to do something that goes against their opinion, then they will change their opinion if they are persuded or forced to do that specific task from an authority figure. More about the experiment: http://www.garysturt.free-online.co.uk/festcarl.htm

Example in pop culture/art/literature : An example of forced compliance in pop culture/art/literature is when a celebrity or famous person does something so you want to do that because they have an amount of influence on you.

Examples in NHS Culture: An example of forced compliance in NHS culture is when teachers are an authority figure and tell students what to do. Even though students expect teachers to tell the what to do, it could be considered forced compliance if a teacher tells a student what to do if it happens to against their belief. Another example of forced compliance in NHS culture is in sports. Even though the use of captains are to help others and usually underclassmen on the team, it could get out of control and they could force them to do something they do not want to do.

Sources:

http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Festinger/ http://www.garysturt.free-online.co.uk/festcarl.htm [|_http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/forced-compliance.html#ixzz1paF2nxN3__]