Let's say you are a middle-schooler and you buy an NFL jersey because all your friends have one; then you insist on wearing a baseball cap to school every day because that's what your friends do too. You want to be liked, in other words. What type of conformity is this?

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This is normative conformity, where the individual conforms to the group's norms or expectations in order to be accepted and liked by them. They are motivated by social acceptance and fear of rejection.

Let's Say You Are a Middle-Schooler and You Buy an NFL