Conformity psychology refers to the psychology that people will consciously or unconsciously take the opinions of the majority as the criterion, and then make judgments and form impressions. It tells people that when a person is in a real or imagined group pressure environment, cognition usually takes the code of conduct of the majority as the standard, and then shows the phenomenon of trying to be consistent with it in behavior, which is a common social psychological phenomenon. Conformity itself is not good or bad, but it can be well used by people as a tool to serve themselves, that is to say, it can be better used in influencing people. Children will only follow their mothers because they lack the ability to judge external information; Plants and trees can't help swaying in the wind because they don't have the ability to stand upright. However, people who always flaunt rationality sometimes make the mistake of following the trend and blindly follow others. Only when you have your own opinions and make decisions when things go wrong can you avoid being influenced by others and stick to your own principles and directions. It is better to be a unique eagle than a parrot.
In life, you will always find such a phenomenon: in a crowded street, no matter which store, as long as there are groups of customers patronizing, there will be more and more people in this store; In a busy shopping mall, as long as people are scrambling to snap up a commodity, more and more people will join the ranks of snapping up; At the corner of the lawn near the street, if a few people step out a few impressions, then more people will walk through here and become a path; In the same class, if several children learn English, then the parents of other children will also let their children start learning English; In the bookstore, if a group of people buy the same kind of college entrance examination review materials, then the review materials will be sold more and more. Modern people call this kind of behavior or similar behavior trend, popularization or popularization, which is psychologically explained as herding effect.
Conformity is a common social psychological and behavioral phenomenon, which is popularly interpreted as conformity and conformity. Everyone thinks so, so do I; Everyone does this, and I follow suit.
A physicist named Fortun measured the thermal conductivity of solid helium because of the need of research work. He used a new measuring method, and the measured result was 500 times higher than that calculated by traditional theory. Fortun thinks the gap is too big. If published, it will inevitably be considered as deliberately unconventional and grandstanding, so he kept silent. Not long after, a young American scientist also measured the thermal conductivity of solid helium in the experiment, and the measured results were completely consistent with those measured by Fortun. After the young scientist published his measurement results, he quickly attracted wide attention from the scientific community. After hearing this, Fortune wrote with regret: If I had taken off the hat called "habit" and put on the hat of "innovation", that young man would never have taken away my honor. Foton's so-called "habit hat"
It is a kind of "herd mentality".
◆? Be your own follower.
As the saying goes, truth is often in the hands of a few people. As smillie Branden said in his book: Love yourself to an appropriate degree. Because, in the eyes of many people, what everyone does is correct, and what everyone agrees with is scientific. So people will habitually imitate others in life, and then lose themselves. From the perspective of influence, when a person loses self and self-love, he can't influence others better. Only those who love themselves can conquer and influence themselves, and then influence others more effectively. Therefore, before you try to influence others to become your followers, you must first become your followers. As a famous conductor, Seiji Ozawa once effectively influenced the judges in this way.
Seiji Ozawa, a famous Japanese conductor, once went to Europe to take part in a conducting competition. He passed all the way and finally entered the competition for the top three. In the final, the referee handed him a piece of music and asked him to play it. While he was conducting, he suddenly found that there was a disharmony in the music. He thought the player had made a mistake, so he temporarily ordered the band to stop and play again. As a result, he found some disharmony. Seiji Ozawa put a question to the judge. At this time, the authoritative and well-known judges present solemnly told him that there was no problem with the score, which was his illusion. Let him continue to play, don't mind so much. Faced with many internationally renowned music authorities, he once doubted his judgment, but after careful consideration, he still firmly believed that his judgment was correct. So, he said loudly to the judges: No, the score must be wrong!
As soon as his voice fell, the judges immediately gave him warm applause and solemnly announced that he had won the competition. In fact, this is a trap carefully designed by the judges. Their main purpose is to examine whether commanders can firmly trust their own judgment after discovering mistakes.
Although Seiji Ozawa was only taking part in a competition, he first became his follower with his confidence, and then he successfully influenced the judges to become his follower. Not only competitions, everything in life follows the principle that no matter what you do, no matter how powerful, money and social status the person you are trying to influence, you should not blindly try to influence the other person from the perspective of obedience. Because no one wants to listen to the command and work of slaves, but likes to listen to the suggestions, opinions and practices of authoritative experts or professionals.
◆? Be wary of "conformity" and make yourself different.
If every cloud is exactly the same, how can the "Huangshan Sea of Clouds" be amazing? If every flower is exactly the same, how can Mei Ju shine in the works of literati? If every tree is afraid of heights and dangers, how can pine and cypress stand out among evergreen trees? If nature goes with the flow, we will lose a lot of beauty; If people blindly follow the crowd, they will eventually fall into the bottom of failure.
The "conformity effect" is the strangulation of science. Many inventions are challenges to thinking mode, and many scientific theories are also challenges to traditional authority. If scientists blindly follow the crowd, how can the light of scientific truth shine on the earth? When people blindly believe in Aristotle's authority, only Galileo sticks to his scientific theory, challenges authority with living experiments and opposes conformity, can the light of science illuminate the earth. When people believed in "geocentric theory", only Copernicus did not follow the pace of the world, thus opening up the road of "Heliocentrism". If Galileo and Copernicus blindly follow the crowd and don't know how to innovate, then science and truth will never see the light of day.
The "conformity effect" can bury the truth and excellent literary works. When the literati were afraid of literary inquisition, literary creation and obsession with the collation of ancient books, Cao Xueqin resolutely risked his life to create A Dream of Red Mansions. If he also blindly follows the crowd, a bright pearl will be lost in the history of China's novels, and Cao Xueqin will not stand out among many literati and remain immortal. When the whole world despised shame and chose death for honor day, Sima Qian resisted great pressure and resolutely chose castration. When he was spurned, when he was not accepted by the world, he still didn't commit suicide for the honor day like many people with lofty ideals before. In this way, Historical Records, as a historian's swan song, can be preserved. Imagine that if Cao Xueqin and Sima Qian both went with the flow and carried out the "conformity effect", the history of China literature would be eclipsed a lot.
Today's world is a world of personality liberation. What society needs is all kinds of talents. "Go your own way and let others talk!" Get rid of the "herd effect" and create a wonderful life that belongs only to you.
Although it's an imitation, I admit it, but I've been looking for it for a long time and I've picked it out for you.
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