Similar to Weber's types in social action theory, Riesman developed categories based on his belief that types of directionality depended on the conformities that society imposes on individuals ( Riesman 1961). Furthermore, Riesman also believed that types of directionality depended on how society shapes social character. Riesman states that the society with high growth potential that conforms to the trends of traditions can be called the traditional directionality type (Riesman 1961). Riesman believed that traditionally oriented individuals were pressured to conform due to fear of feeling shamed (Riesman 1961). Furthermore, Riesman states that the transitional growth society produces members who conform to internalized goals set in early life, which can be called internally directed (Riesman 1961). Riesman believed that the internal orientation type conforms because of the fear of being guilty (Riesman 1961). Finally, Riesman states that the society in which the population incipiently decreases and conforms to the expectations of others can be defined as a type of opposite directionality (Riesman 1961). Riesman believed that individuals of the other directionality type were driven to conformity by