Peer pressure is often used to describe instances where an individual feels indirectly pressured into…

Social control theory argues that relationships, commitments, values, and beliefs encourage conformity. Social control theory…

Social facilitation refers to the tendency for people to do better on simple tasks when…

Social loafing refers to the concept that people are prone to exert less effort on…

The bystander effect refers to cases where individuals do not offer any means of help…

In psychology, conformity is defined as the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to…

Deindividuation happens when a person lets go of self-consciousness and control and does what the…

Obedience is a form of social influence that occurs when a person yields to explicit…