#asch conformity experiments

[kramlabs]

Read this about the “Asch Conformity Experiments”, then ponder images at bottom…

Asch conformity experiments - Wikipedia

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Apply the Asch experiment results to what you see here:

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Via The Saker’s commentary from 2010:

“I suppose that for types like myself (disrespectful of social dogmas and norms, oppositional and defiant towards authority, rebellious and aggressive by nature, deeply contrarian on an almost knee-jerk level, libertarian in outlook) the outcome of the tension between what I feel and what I am told to feel results in a long battle against the established order and dominant ideology” —the saker

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments

In psychology, the Asch conformity experiments or the Asch paradigm were a series of studies directed by Solomon Asch studying if and how individuals yielded to or defied a majority group and the effect of such influences on beliefs and opinions.

If you ever wonder how religions or ideologies manage to extract agreement with false and even absurd ideas, it turns out it’s not that difficult, nor require very many to enforce.

[pixnflixnwrites]

Asch Conformity Experiments

[russianreader]

The Asch Conformity Experiments

The Asch Conformity Experiments

Back in the 1950s, experiments were conducted that purported to demonstrate how difficult it is for one person to resist the opinion of a group. These were [Solomon] Asch’s famous [conformity] experiments. The subjects were asked to compare the length of lines. The correct answer was obvious, but it was “decoys” in the group who answered first, and they all pointed to another line as the right…

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[stenoodie]

Social Conformity (without realizing it)

Social Conformity (without realizing it). #socialpsychology #socialconformity #groupthink #humannature

Watch this video:

Yikes.  This was what I conformed to doing in the past 2.5 years and I didn’t even realize it until lately.  I’m waking up.  I really am.   (more…)

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[in5d]

Are Diamond Engagement Rings The World's Biggest Scam?

Are Diamond Engagement Rings The World’s Biggest Scam?

by Gregg Prescott, M.S. Editor, BodyMindSoulSpirit.com

Have you ever wondered about the origin of engagement rings?  At face value, engagement rings symbolize the eternal love we share for one another but when did this ritual begin and why?

Scam origins

The most notable name that comes to mind is the De Beers Diamond Corporation who, in conjunction with advertising agency N. W. Ayer, launched an…

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[hicksbogan]

Solomon Asch's Experiments on Social Conformity

The Asch Conformity Experiments

During the 1950s, Solomon Asch conducted and published a series of…

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