Topic > Social Influences On Social Influence - 702

In the Crash Course video titled “Crash Course: Psychology 'Episode 38: Social Influence' ” written by Kathleen Yale, it states: “Conformity describes how we adapt our behavior by thinking to follow the behavior or rules of the group to which we belong” (Yale). This happens often, especially when one person prefers something different from the rest of the group. The person usually pretends to like whatever the people around him like. In the article "With Friends Like These..." by Dorothy Rowe, "We can be invalidated by events... but more frequently we are invalidated by other people" (Rowe p. 147). In the informational text entitled "Monkey See, Monkey" Do, Monkey Connect” by Frans De Waal states: “We involuntarily enter the bodies of those around us so that their movements and emotions resonate within us as if they were our own.” (De Waal p. 126) Conformity causes the person to be socially influenced to change their way of life