Psychology in Under 3 Minutes | What is Conformity and Social Influence?

Psychology is like learning how people think and act, especially when they're around other people.

Conformity means changing your behavior or opinions to match what others are doing. It's like when you're at a party, and everyone starts clapping, so you do too, even if you don't know why.

Sometimes it’s because we want to fit in, like when all your friends wear the same kind of shoes, and you feel like you should too. Other times, we think others must be right, maybe they know something we don’t!

Social influence is how people affect each other’s thoughts or actions. It's like when you're playing tag, and someone shouts “You’re it!”, suddenly everyone changes what they’re doing because of that one shout.

Imagine you're eating ice cream, and your friend says it tastes like chocolate. Even if it's actually vanilla, you might think it does taste like chocolate just because they said so! That’s social influence in action. Psychology is like learning how people think and act, especially when they're around other people.

Conformity means changing your behavior or opinions to match what others are doing. It's like when you're at a party, and everyone starts clapping, so you do too, even if you don't know why.