Resisting Social Influence and Conformity

You are biologically wired to follow the herd. A-Level Psychology proves that social

influence controls almost everything you do. Asch showed that people will literally

lie about the length of a line just to fit in with a group because the fear of rejection is

stronger than the desire to be right. It gets darker with Milgram, who proved that

sixty-five percent of people would electrocute a stranger just because a guy in a lab coat ordered

them to. It is all about the uniform and location. But you can actually

resist the pressure. If you have an internal locus of control or just one ally backing you up,

you become way harder to control. And if you want to start a revolution, be consistent and