Group Conformity: Video Analysis

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People are not aware of the importance of having their own opinion and being able to support themselves. In many situations, people agree with others and jump on the bandwagon to “fit in.” Group conformity is when people allow a group to pressure them into believing or doing something they wouldn't do by theirselves. In the Asch Experiment video, you can see a man being influenced to conform and picked the wrong answer because everyone else said that choice (“The Asch Experiment,” 2012). This amazes me that he agreed with everyone else and not once did he go against what they were choosing. Chapter 4 talks about how as humans we have a tendency and desire to conform to what others think; this is categorized as a social error. In the video

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