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group pressure

group pressure Group pressure is the influence a majority exerts that leads a person to change their beliefs or behaviour to match the group.

Group pressure is the influence a majority exerts that leads a person to change their beliefs or behaviour to match the group. This can happen because people want acceptance from others or because they treat the group as a reliable guide to what is correct.

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Drafting source: Bocian Konrad; Gonidis Lazaros; Everett Jim AC. Moral conformity in a digital world: Human and nonhuman agents as a source of social pressure for judgments of moral character. 2024; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0298293; article XML SHA-256 a997a52cf788dae4d61058407507d0b27b10d4ddc8cc82cfef6cdd22d2eed6d3. “Moral conformity in a digital world: Human and nonhuman agents as a source of social pressure for judgments of moral character” (10.1371/journal.pone.0298293).
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