Approval may refer to:
*
Approval rating
An opinion poll, often simply referred to as a survey or a poll (although strictly a poll is an actual election) is a human research survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions ...
, a polling term which reflects the approval of a particular person or program
*
Approval voting, a voting system
*
Approval proofer
Within the printing industry, the Approval proofer, also known as the Approval Digital Imaging System or Kodak Approval System, was designed for use in Prepress proofing, especially for the highest quality contract proofs.
The Approval is a lamina ...
, an output device used in Prepress proofing
*
Approved drug, formal government approval of a medication for sale
*
Social approval
Normative social influence is a type of social influence that leads to conformity. It is defined in social psychology as "...the influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them." The power of normative ...
, the positive appraisal and acceptance of a person by a social group
{{disambig