SOCIAL CONFORMITY
In a society where people are subjected to social conformity it is difficult to realize when you should or should not conform to society’s social norms. Social conformity shapes the society that you live in and everyone has fallen subject to it. Mob mentality can be seen all around you. Mob mentality also known as herd mentality shows how people are influenced by the people around them and how it can influence your behavior. Society has been run by social conformity for years, but the negative affects of it are not clear enough for others to see. By living in a society where social conformity and mob mentality is seen all around you progressing more and more each day , people can not find themselves and be who they really are if they are following the norms of everyone around them. Herd mentality can be seen all around you , studies have been done that show just how much a person can be influenced simply by the actions and thinking of others. A popular study focusing on social conformity is the Asch study on conformity. The Asch study on conformity showed how easily a person ,who knowingly understood that others around them were incorrect , …show more content…
Frantic people in a neighborhood are influenced about what others say because they have no logical reasons themselves. In “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” , lights go off , citizens in a neighborhood have no idea as to why this happened , but once someone accuses a local neighbor everyone else falls subject to herd mentality and without any evidence accuse the person. This is an example of herd mentality because it shows just how easily people fall into it , no one knew if the accuser was correct but others were going along with it so eventually everyone else believed the accuser. It can be seen as a domino effect , one falls into a crowd and eventually everyone else does as