Sentence examples for that conformity from inspiring English sources

Provided that conformity to a norm attracts approval and transgression disapproval, conforming is the rational thing to do, since nobody willfully attracts discredit and punishment (Rommetveit 1955, Thibaut and Kelley 1959).

But if this seems merely touching, and even a bit silly, is it clear that conformity and "settling down", whatever that would mean, is the better alternative?

Not that conformity to rules was at first obvious to anthropologists who were instead understandably dazzled by the variety in folk taxonomies.

In Baghdad, I wore a huge black enveloping abaya as a disguise and I felt protected by the anonymity that conformity leant me.

Sandemose's novel caused controversy for its unblinking vision of rural small-mindedness, but Danes recognise the law of Jante as containing a certain truth: that conformity, and an almost aggressive modesty, are central to Danish culture.

By pleading for harmony, Rameau reaffirmed the first principle of French Classicism, namely, that conformity to rationally intelligible rules is a necessary condition of art, the aim of which is to impose order on the chaos of human experience.

The data show that this conformity test in rats is a promising tool to study the neurobiology of conformity.

But all is not smooth for new immigrants in a society that prizes conformity.

She's the eccentric new girl at a high school that prizes conformity.

The absence of dissension was perceived as evidence that group conformity was operating.

Of course, even in a society that demands conformity, there is no one paradigm for thought and behavior.