... request to comply with the group nor any reason to justify the behaviour change'. (P380, Gross, 2001) When we are part of a group, there is always group pressure where other members feel comfortable doing certain things, you may not but you do them to feel accepted, be a part of the group. There is the need for acceptance, when being part of a group you do not want to be unpopular, so you may dress the same, act the same. You can be mindless, hereby conforming automatically, without actually thinking about it. A prime example is university life where standard dress code is jeans, trainers, t-shirts, if you ask students they will deny they are conforming but really they are without thinking about it, you generally don't see students dressed up in shirt and tie, with trousers of even suits. Another example is football hooligans, what starts out for ...

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