conformity

Peer influence is pervasive during childhood and adolescence. Conformity can foster similarity, which makes it easier to get along and reduces the risk that disagreements over dissimilarities will rupture a friendship. Seen in this light,…

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Social media is filled to the brim with creators and influencers pushing ideas and concepts that stand out as a fresh perspective. The digital, hyper-connected populace on the web mostly belongs to the age bracket that is associated with…

Some of the same brain systems known to play a role in learning from trial and error also are engaged when people conform to social norms, scientists report in a new study. The findings are important, the researchers said, because changing…