How Social Validation Influences Us To Behave How We Do

For the most part we’re all conformists, as we’ll do what everyone else is doing. We’ll just follow the crowd and try to fit in, all while not willing to admit it. It’s estimated just 1 out of 10 people, will engage in a behavior that’s considered to be contrary to the norm, or what’s socially unacceptable.

What we see is the “law of the norm” operating in groups, in organizations, during meetings, and in day-to-day public life. In each of these situations, there seems to be a certain standard. …