The centrally-controlled, highly regimented workforces of the industrial world are gone, as are the strong conformity pressures that accompanied them.

The canned merriment was described as a form of "conformity pressure," suggesting that we laugh along in order to fit in.

One member uses coercion, expertise or position to dominate the others, and conformity pressures are strong enough to eliminate constructive criticism.

It is also because a person within a group perceive other members as similar to themselves and are thus, more willing to give into conformity pressures.

Another reason is because people value the group and are thus, more willing to give into conformity pressures to maintain or enhance their relationships.

Illegal activities have been stemmed from conformity pressures within a group.

As Gudykunst and Kim (2003) put it, "Even extreme mental illness [caused by "conformity pressure" p. 371] can be viewed as a process of a potentially positive disintegration that will be reintegrated with new material at a higher level" (p. 381).

Thus, when viewed as an epistemic community, the overall enterprise of the expert members emerges as the product of a combination of shared beliefs and more subtle conformity pressures, rather than a direct drive for concurrence (Michael J. Mazarr).

Although conformity pressures generally increase as the size of the majority increases, a meta-analysis suggests that conformity pressures in Asch's experiment peak once the majority reaches about four or five in number.

However, conformity pressure will increase as each additional group member also gives the same incorrect response.