The Asch experiment.
Most people will conform.
Are you with the in-crowd?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRh5qy09nNw
#psychology #conformism #socialanimal

Most people wear a mask and have reduced themselves to often one or two roles, widely accepted by society; becoming empty shells trading the richness of oneself in exchange for social acceptance.

#socialanimal

I just discussed this with a friend - a paper well worth reading.

Atzil, Shir, et al. "Growing a social brain." Nature human behaviour 2.9 (2018): 624-636.

#neuraldevelopment #socialanimal

https://scholars.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/atzillab/files/atzil_et_al._growing_a_social_brain_2018.pdf