by luca | Jun 3, 2020 | Conformity
There are many things that can influence whether someone will conform to a social situation or not. One of those factors is the level of anonymity that a person has when communicating. The idea is rather simple, stating that when people are anonymous, there are fewer...
by luca | Jun 1, 2020 | Conformity
Social conformity is the act of modifying your behavior in a social situation, usually to ‘fit in’ with a group, to avoid confrontation, or because you believe someone might have more trustworthy information than yourself. There are many examples of social...
by luca | May 29, 2020 | Confidence
In the past, psychologists were very focused on self-esteem as one of the most important factors in people’s success and mental health. Recently, however, psychologists started finding that self-esteem didn’t really have much effect on how likely a person...
by luca | May 20, 2020 | Confidence
For psychologists about 40 years ago, self-esteem was one of the most researched areas. It was commonly believed that people that had lots of self-esteem tended to be extremely successful and that if you were able to increase your self-esteem, you would be wildly...
by luca | May 15, 2020 | Confidence
If someone asks you, ‘who do you think knows you best’, most people would definitely answer themselves. It seems logical, right? We’re with ourselves all the time, so it only makes sense that we would be ones that know each other best. However,...
