What drives the urge to fit in, and what are the drawbacks and dangers of aligning with and conforming to group dynamics?

Psychological experiments have played a crucial role in shaping our understanding of human behaviour. From revealing the ...

In a series of experiments, including his famous "Face the Rear" elevator test, Gestalt scholar and social psychology pioneer Solomon Asch showed how easily people slip into conformity.

Yerkes-based Experiment Confirms Cultural Transmission And Conformity In Chimpanzee Communities. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2005 / 08 ...

Conformity: Social Influence and the Need to Belong. Conformity is the tendency to align one's behavior or opinions with a group. As inherently social beings, humans often adapt their views to fit ...

I replicated the famous Soloman Asch experiment on how group pressure induces conformity in decision-making. I used common geometric shapes such as a square, diamond, circle, etc.