i just know for a fact i wouldnt go along with the rest of the group cos i dont give a fuck about any cunt. i know i hate conforming and would probably fight to the death with ANYBODY, whether a friend, an enemy or a complete stranger to win my argument under any circumstance...
Lots of talk about religion here.. people fail to see that any belief espoused by a group of people can be just as conformistic and irationally prelevant due to our natural instincts. Atheism is not very different from other theisms.
@Leadman1989 I think most rational people do that, ive seen plenty of militant atheists in trance by their belief. Given, im conviced atheists can be more rational in general perhaps, but not necessarily by alot. Not just religions can have dogmas, disliking religion and shun religious people tends to be the negative dogma of atheism.
@Leadman1989 Atheism is not a requirement or a defintion of critical thinking. Beliefs ive seen some espouse such as blaming religion as much as possible and despising religious people, being all but rational. Dogma from thefreedictionary: "An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true" and or "A principle or belief or a group of them", or do you think dogma can only apply to theists?
1 "Atheism is not a requirement or a defintion of critical thinking". And when did I say that It was?
2 Those people are perfectly within their right to do so it has nothing to do with their atheism.
3 Why did you start your copy and paste at number two? You've shown you can copy and paste (dubiously) but do you UNDERSTAND what that means. Especially within the context of this conversation.
4. You haven't answered a SINGLE ONE of my questions. Or even addressed any of my points.
this is really interesting and scary. right now I feel like I would totally said what I thought was right, but if I was put into a situation like with a bunch of people I don't know, I bet I would probably conform to not feel weird
this is bullshit man, I wouldn't sit in that room and say line 3 is right when I know damn well line 2 is right, no matter how many other people said the wrong answer, or how many times they showed me those stupid cards, I wouldn't lie to fit in fuck that, that's a follower, And that aint me. anyone know what I'm saying? thumb^
Religions, prisons, and military are the best examples of group conformity. People know what they are doing may be wrong or make no sense but do it anyway to fit in.
@TheMessianicTruth If you're talking about America.. christian's have always been the majority, the "atheism movement" is something that have come in pretty much all countries in newer generations with the increase of science knowledge, for example here in sweden about 2-3 generations we have where America is today. Most only do you find people saying prayers by the table in my grandmothers generation or even one older. When we are able to explain so much, belief declines.
@TheMessianicTruth The fact that you turned it that way is all because of culture and upbringing also. My secound thought (after nazi stories i've been told) was crazy fundemental christians telling such incredibly false things turning and twisting things even if that would be done in any other situation it would be considered unfair and simply wrong but since they give the statements a high authority (God) it should somehow matter. (Like in the electric punishment test)
That's completely crazy! We give more value to what's in somebody else' head that to our own consciousness! Just see the power of social conditioning!
its a very interesting study, i mean a majority of modern day psychology can be brought back to these basic studies. i mean this is the reason crowds brake into riots because of basic social pressures on people, and the thing is its so easy to say i wouldnt be sucked into that, i mean i'd like to think in that situation id say no but its vertually impossible to say until your there. very interesting study though. were trying it in my youth group next week, which will be interesting
i cnat remember one experiment, i think the teacher said that this class, grade 3 i think, i dont like green eyes today so they would get less privleges, it woud go on with other features like brown hair and gaps between front teeth, it got to the point where the group who had privleges taken away from features got discriminated against and one boy got beaten up by his best friend who didnt have the feature, does anyone know the name of this experiment\?
after seeing this video you can not objectively say you wouldn't conform to this experiment. Group pressure is something we all succumb to, but everybody at a different level.
@borisjj268 Exactly. Psych studies show people often underestimate the role of situational factors such as a large group of judgmental people in determining your behavior and attitudes. They think your actions are solely based on personal factors like degree of individuality or how charismatic you are. People have a need to conform to others because it is evolutionary beneficial and therefore must self monitor.
@salmaisdabomb the only problem is that most people that put a comment here have already seen this video and are therefore, not capable of determining whether or not they would have conformed to group pressure.
My psych teacher tried to do this with me. She sent me out of the room to get something and when I came back everyone was saying the wrong answers. I stood up for myself every time, i just thought everyone was crazy :) She was surprised. Now i'm studying psych at uni. Maybe this experiment explains religion?
Throwing away what you know to be true just to become part of a group, to me, shows weakness and cowardice. Looking at those lines, it was blatantly obvious which answer was correct. If anything, I would have told the actors that they are all either retarded or blind. Maybe this is why I have no friends...
I'm gonna be completely honest. If that were me, I would probably go along with what they were saying too because EVERYONE else is saying the same exact answer. I'd be freaking out in my head like, "Oh my gosh, okay, I must be doing something wrong. I probably misunderstood what I'm supposed to do."
@OmgfXD Well honestly same, but in that situation I would probably begin to doubt my own perception and believe that, perhaps, there was an optical illusion going on that I was completely missing. I wouldn't do it just to go with the group per se but I would go along with them because I doubt my perception.
well sitting in my living room i'm thinking that i would always pick the right answer but when i really think about it i thing that if i was put in to a situation like this that i after a while i would most likely go along with the group
What they don't show you is how the test increases, after three hours the Doctors are coming in dressed as gay bikers and nuns and shit, being replaced by alternating midgets and giants and even coming in the room with a live pig at one point, while all the test subjects pretend to not notice any change.
Is there anywhere that discusses people who don't follow the group? Because i know i certainly wouldn't. If i thought it was number 2 and everyone else said number 1 i wouldn't give a shit it's still number 2.
@annuity100 This experiment is quite simple, but it can be aplied to more complex situations, you may be resolute about an answer, then it's more likely you won't follow the group, but if you're not sure, and everyone say's the same answer, you're inclined to think it is the right one. It's very common to happen in clasrooms for example =D. (man, psychology is just awesome)
@SylvaCrow In this case, yes, the man tested seems to be very VERY easily influenced by other people (or simply gave up, after being the lonely star for various rows? Dunno). But what I'm saying is this is like an exageration of the actual effect. If you're sure of something, usually your suroundings don't affect you too much, but if you're not sure, then it's more likely you'll try to match the surroundings so that, for example, you don't turn out to be "the only one who got it wrong".
@ReligionOfNice there is an experiment that shows the laws of conformity doesn't apply when it's anonymous. so when you are hiding behind a computer screen with unidentifiable names, you're more likely to express your opinion or to some extreme cases, oppose for the sake of being stupid
I like how people attempt to deviate from the norm and end up being part of another norm. Goth, Scene, Hipster, Religious,whatever, I mean I love all types but everyone sounds so stupid trying to sound rebelious. Its a damn experiment.
@NinjaJesus15 its a survival instinct to be precise.. it doesnt involves what we know vs what others know. Basic survival instinct, its embedded in our brains.
they used a obviously wrong answer to show the power of group conformity .. in daily life this would happen on a smaller scale and very frequently with situations that arn't as clear cut as this i.e. maths answers and things it's really cool to see it with something so obviously wrong though! :)
People don't understand that most people are constantly looking at others to judge what is right or wrong, it's not a bad thing I think it's impossible to be completely independent.
If there is nothing to gain why create a confrontation? That's not just simply conforming with the group it's deliberately avoiding a meaningless debate.
I actually would always pick the answer I thought was right, regardless of what other people picked. It would even make me feel smarter as a matter of fact.
@ericbombardier there is a small minority of people (about 30% I think) who will not conform and who will not do dangerous things just because someone in authority told them to. The rest are murderers (look up 'milgram experiment'). QUESTION EVERYTHING! EVEN WHAT A COP TELLS YOU! AND EVEN -NO, ESPECIALLY- THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA!
@sethboy66 I don't consider myself anything. I eat, sleep and wait for my time to pass doing the most positive I can. I have no group and no team and couldn't care less about belonging to any countries, races, cultures. But thanks.
@MisterLazila1 wtf me too but I think I was in 2nd or 3rd grade... all the kids followed this super smart kid and when we were asked to raise our hands they didn;t and I did...the teacher asked again and the kids still agreed with the smart kid lol she told me I was right, in front of everybody and then they started following ME! lol
I bet that I'd have been honest, because I only conform when I doubt myself. I don't doubt my vision or my answer, so I believe that I would answer correctly (Or give the answer the other people didn't choose ;P)
Just another situation that could have been avoided if you had a loaded handgun, walk in the room, put your gun on the table, proclaim the room to be yours. Problem solved, I call this the: Y'amma kill errbody if dissheeeeat is anuuuuther Asch Exxxpuuurrrrrment play. *GUNSHOTS*... Unless you guys don't like that, then I'm probably just going to do what your doing. Cool?
i don't think their explanation is completely accurate. I would agree with the group because i would think there is something i'm not seeing and it's reasonable to asume that the majority answer is the correct one. so if you ask what the correct answer is, you can listen to others if you think you might be wrong because you missed something.
i'm not saying social presure or something like that, is not playing a part, it's just not the complete story. i think
@stijnhaki "and it's reasonable to asume that the majority answer is the correct one. "
It's not. Most of the time the majority answer is the wrong answer which is why most investors lose money and those choosing the trades no one wants will get rich - they know better.
@ytgv3fc7 so if everyone says it's not safe to jump of the cliff, you do it anyway if you think you can survive the fall? i'm not stating that majority is always correct, i'm saying it's fair to assume they are, if everyone recognised a certain event, it's safe to assume it happend. it's statisticly more likely to be true then not true, hence save to assume to be true.
"Most of the time the majority answer is the wrong answer" i conclude you don't believe math, chemistry, mechanics to be true?
@stijnhaki you go search to see #1 how many people think a thing called HAARP can use the atmosphere to cause earth quakes #2 how many people think that you can clean radiation poisoning out of the body no matter what #3 how many people can actually build a car, not just drive one.
@ytgv3fc7 seeing i have never heard of anyone, ever, saying anything like your numbers 1 and 2, i don't think you can say that's a large group. and i bet steven hawking doesn't know how to build a car either, but that doesn't make him a morron.
you are misinterpreting the meaning of 'majority'. it is the larger part of a group. in the vid the group was 5 people. in rocket sience, it's some more people, and the mechanics group is pretty big. people do what the majority in those groups think.
i just know for a fact i wouldnt go along with the rest of the group cos i dont give a fuck about any cunt. i know i hate conforming and would probably fight to the death with ANYBODY, whether a friend, an enemy or a complete stranger to win my argument under any circumstance...
I LIVE FOR MYSELF, AND NOBODY ELSE :P
SuperCrazyIdiot 2 days ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
haha it's like giving the top rated comment a thumbs up just because everybody else has done it.
PaKsTnPaNduPrDuCTioN 3 days ago
I hate people who just go fucking no questions asked.
ThemOldaBoys 1 week ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
i didnt know Alex day performed in science experiments
yummyteeny 1 week ago
thank you for making my school project better ;)
Badjouras2010 1 week ago
This is my favorite experiment ever!
IggyGhost 2 weeks ago
MINDFUCK
kukikarlolukaps3 2 weeks ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
haha his face when the guy after him said its one. he was like wait what?!?!
OmfgMetroCop1 2 weeks ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
Lots of talk about religion here.. people fail to see that any belief espoused by a group of people can be just as conformistic and irationally prelevant due to our natural instincts. Atheism is not very different from other theisms.
squidavenger 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
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Except most atheist espouse CRITICAL thinking and more importantly atheism does not require alignment to any DOGMA.
Leadman1989 2 weeks ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@Leadman1989 I think most rational people do that, ive seen plenty of militant atheists in trance by their belief. Given, im conviced atheists can be more rational in general perhaps, but not necessarily by alot. Not just religions can have dogmas, disliking religion and shun religious people tends to be the negative dogma of atheism.
squidavenger 2 weeks ago
@squidavenger
1. You can't espouse critical thinking AND "faith" at the same time they are diametrically opposed.
2. Entranced by their belief of what exactly?
3. Do you know what "Dogma" means?
Leadman1989 2 weeks ago
@Leadman1989 Atheism is not a requirement or a defintion of critical thinking. Beliefs ive seen some espouse such as blaming religion as much as possible and despising religious people, being all but rational. Dogma from thefreedictionary: "An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true" and or "A principle or belief or a group of them", or do you think dogma can only apply to theists?
squidavenger 2 weeks ago
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@squidavenger
1 "Atheism is not a requirement or a defintion of critical thinking". And when did I say that It was?
2 Those people are perfectly within their right to do so it has nothing to do with their atheism.
3 Why did you start your copy and paste at number two? You've shown you can copy and paste (dubiously) but do you UNDERSTAND what that means. Especially within the context of this conversation.
4. You haven't answered a SINGLE ONE of my questions. Or even addressed any of my points.
Leadman1989 2 weeks ago
His face after everybody said "1" for the first test is like "WTF?". hahahahahahahaha
gamper33 4 weeks ago
this is really interesting and scary. right now I feel like I would totally said what I thought was right, but if I was put into a situation like with a bunch of people I don't know, I bet I would probably conform to not feel weird
ziltiod94 4 weeks ago
This is why religion excists.
Cruuzie 1 month ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4 7
@Cruuzie
"Exist"
And you're absolutely correct.
Leadman1989 2 weeks ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
this is bullshit man, I wouldn't sit in that room and say line 3 is right when I know damn well line 2 is right, no matter how many other people said the wrong answer, or how many times they showed me those stupid cards, I wouldn't lie to fit in fuck that, that's a follower, And that aint me. anyone know what I'm saying? thumb^
Allen10579 1 month ago
@Allen10579 I do LOL
sevendst19 4 weeks ago
This is why lady gaga is popular. They advertised her as popular before she even was.
evilpumpkinkisser 1 month ago
Would this work in discerning anti-social people? Wouldn't an anti-social or sociopath just answer the correct line all the time?
Menuki 1 month ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
Religions, prisons, and military are the best examples of group conformity. People know what they are doing may be wrong or make no sense but do it anyway to fit in.
jayjasonbird 1 month ago
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jayjasonbird 1 month ago
Hmmm....seems like the New Atheism movement.
TheMessianicTruth 1 month ago
@TheMessianicTruth That doesn't even make sense
evilpumpkinkisser 1 month ago
@TheMessianicTruth If you're talking about America.. christian's have always been the majority, the "atheism movement" is something that have come in pretty much all countries in newer generations with the increase of science knowledge, for example here in sweden about 2-3 generations we have where America is today. Most only do you find people saying prayers by the table in my grandmothers generation or even one older. When we are able to explain so much, belief declines.
musicplayah 1 month ago 2
@TheMessianicTruth The fact that you turned it that way is all because of culture and upbringing also. My secound thought (after nazi stories i've been told) was crazy fundemental christians telling such incredibly false things turning and twisting things even if that would be done in any other situation it would be considered unfair and simply wrong but since they give the statements a high authority (God) it should somehow matter. (Like in the electric punishment test)
musicplayah 1 month ago
@TheMessianicTruth Hmmm..seems like every organized religion ever!!!!!! Dufus
snowglobe87 2 days ago
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TheMessianicTruth 1 month ago
religion is the perfect example for this.
honduranishhgurl 1 month ago
00:09 HARRY STYLES?!?!
98luco 1 month ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@98luco LOL.Harry does look like him quite a bit
honduranishhgurl 1 month ago
@honduranishhgurl It does i was like 0.0 harry ?!?! :p lol
98luco 1 month ago
U MAD BRO?
Seb387 2 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
I'm doing a project on this for my AP Psychology Class! =]
xXElleN816Xx 2 months ago
how many people were brought here by vsauce
chris5272001 2 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
That's completely crazy! We give more value to what's in somebody else' head that to our own consciousness! Just see the power of social conditioning!
marinoklisovic 2 months ago 38
@marinoklisovic well i guess you could either be wrong and have friends, or be right and be an outcast, i think ill go with the first one :)
fearmehnoobs 2 weeks ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
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well what they DONT tell you is that he does it because he wants the fee, no because he wants to conform to the group
esrapk 2 months ago
very interesting
turdsandwicher 2 months ago
>we are very social creatures
you don't even know me
masterofevilshadow 2 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@masterofevilshadow
we are very social creatures as a whole.
casualrobot10101 2 months ago
Sounds like religion...
ICU2P 2 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@borisjj268
its a very interesting study, i mean a majority of modern day psychology can be brought back to these basic studies. i mean this is the reason crowds brake into riots because of basic social pressures on people, and the thing is its so easy to say i wouldnt be sucked into that, i mean i'd like to think in that situation id say no but its vertually impossible to say until your there. very interesting study though. were trying it in my youth group next week, which will be interesting
cool0guy0jezzer 2 months ago
thumbs up if you think the lab guy looks like Matt Damon
pannysat 2 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
i cnat remember one experiment, i think the teacher said that this class, grade 3 i think, i dont like green eyes today so they would get less privleges, it woud go on with other features like brown hair and gaps between front teeth, it got to the point where the group who had privleges taken away from features got discriminated against and one boy got beaten up by his best friend who didnt have the feature, does anyone know the name of this experiment\?
TheMother3fanatic 2 months ago
rofl why would you say the same as the others 0-o i couldent care what other people say i do my own things
username951100 2 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
vsuace army!!!!
hassansabryhassan 2 months ago in playlist VSAUCE LEANBACK #4 3
after seeing this video you can not objectively say you wouldn't conform to this experiment. Group pressure is something we all succumb to, but everybody at a different level.
borisjj268 3 months ago
@borisjj268 Exactly. Psych studies show people often underestimate the role of situational factors such as a large group of judgmental people in determining your behavior and attitudes. They think your actions are solely based on personal factors like degree of individuality or how charismatic you are. People have a need to conform to others because it is evolutionary beneficial and therefore must self monitor.
salmaisdabomb 2 months ago
@salmaisdabomb the only problem is that most people that put a comment here have already seen this video and are therefore, not capable of determining whether or not they would have conformed to group pressure.
borisjj268 2 months ago
@borisjj268 Ah hindsight bias. Youtube should never be part of a psychology study anyway
salmaisdabomb 2 months ago 2
My psych teacher tried to do this with me. She sent me out of the room to get something and when I came back everyone was saying the wrong answers. I stood up for myself every time, i just thought everyone was crazy :) She was surprised. Now i'm studying psych at uni. Maybe this experiment explains religion?
SubaruGirl 3 months ago
LOL ULTIMATE TROLLING
Nullatrum 3 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4 97
Throwing away what you know to be true just to become part of a group, to me, shows weakness and cowardice. Looking at those lines, it was blatantly obvious which answer was correct. If anything, I would have told the actors that they are all either retarded or blind. Maybe this is why I have no friends...
killerkerara 3 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
As an anal-retentive engineer, my first thing would probably be to dig out a tape measure and show the group how they are wrong. LOL!
kassklothes 3 months ago
These makes the normal guy like an idiot...
lge546r 3 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
I'm gonna be completely honest. If that were me, I would probably go along with what they were saying too because EVERYONE else is saying the same exact answer. I'd be freaking out in my head like, "Oh my gosh, okay, I must be doing something wrong. I probably misunderstood what I'm supposed to do."
AngelOfToxicBliss 3 months ago
We all conform to some degree, it's hard to be an individual when you aren't consistently conscious.
Sovember 3 months ago
I'm must be an alien. I'll never be incorret just to be a part of a group.
MiNennuka 3 months ago
Why does the dude at 1:28 have an echo lmao?
hVL94 3 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
lol I would rather be CORRECT than fit in
OmgfXD 3 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4 3
@OmgfXD Well honestly same, but in that situation I would probably begin to doubt my own perception and believe that, perhaps, there was an optical illusion going on that I was completely missing. I wouldn't do it just to go with the group per se but I would go along with them because I doubt my perception.
smoothnews 3 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@smoothnews Yeah I guess I would start wondering what the hell I was doing wrong I guess xD
OmgfXD 3 months ago
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this is why people dont believe that 9/11 was an inside job
LeWydadi 3 months ago
So does anyone know how to cite this ins MLA? I can't find this video in any kind of other reference other than youtube.
changit0l3urrit0 3 months ago
well sitting in my living room i'm thinking that i would always pick the right answer but when i really think about it i thing that if i was put in to a situation like this that i after a while i would most likely go along with the group
DanaTwila 4 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
What they don't show you is how the test increases, after three hours the Doctors are coming in dressed as gay bikers and nuns and shit, being replaced by alternating midgets and giants and even coming in the room with a live pig at one point, while all the test subjects pretend to not notice any change.
=D
homerbear46 4 months ago
I liked this video because I didn't want to conform to those people who didn't.
whiteknightcat 4 months ago
Thanks for sharing this!!
fitchaustralia 4 months ago
9-11
homerbear46 4 months ago
I don't believe other comments...
nubbuka 4 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
11 people watched this with no one else around.
Justincasey2 4 months ago
At the end of the test do they tell the guy he was being pranked?.....uhhh studied.
raph0renzoo 4 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
Is there anywhere that discusses people who don't follow the group? Because i know i certainly wouldn't. If i thought it was number 2 and everyone else said number 1 i wouldn't give a shit it's still number 2.
annuity100 4 months ago
@annuity100 This experiment is quite simple, but it can be aplied to more complex situations, you may be resolute about an answer, then it's more likely you won't follow the group, but if you're not sure, and everyone say's the same answer, you're inclined to think it is the right one. It's very common to happen in clasrooms for example =D. (man, psychology is just awesome)
SaSaKinomori 4 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@SaSaKinomori I don't agree. That experiment was so simple the right answer was NOT ambiguous, it was obvious.
SylvaCrow 4 months ago
@SylvaCrow In this case, yes, the man tested seems to be very VERY easily influenced by other people (or simply gave up, after being the lonely star for various rows? Dunno). But what I'm saying is this is like an exageration of the actual effect. If you're sure of something, usually your suroundings don't affect you too much, but if you're not sure, then it's more likely you'll try to match the surroundings so that, for example, you don't turn out to be "the only one who got it wrong".
SaSaKinomori 4 months ago
The guy with glasses was picking his nose at 0:01 lol
324582782 4 months ago
Wtf, I'd be a dick every time and say the right answer. I wouldn't care what they thought if they all really agreed on the wrong answer. o_O
Shikiba93 4 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
I liked it. I don't give a shit what other people thought.
shoseki 4 months ago
"We will conform with the group"
I disagree.
Wow, that was easy to disprove.
ReligionOfNice 4 months ago
@ReligionOfNice there is an experiment that shows the laws of conformity doesn't apply when it's anonymous. so when you are hiding behind a computer screen with unidentifiable names, you're more likely to express your opinion or to some extreme cases, oppose for the sake of being stupid
pipisheaven 4 months ago
...TWO!!??? *Disgusted facial expression"
Cha4k 4 months ago 3
Fake
adelacruzeric 4 months ago
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Hmmm...sounds like church.
MrE03 4 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4 59
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Doublecrossingtime 2 months ago
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@MrE03 hmmm... sounds like __________ (insert various widely held belief/opinion here)
Doublecrossingtime 2 months ago
thats scary ....:O
TheDylanobillyobryan 5 months ago
Leanback :D
AwesomeFilms101 5 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
does anyone know where this clip is from? an educational video? documentary?
asavos 5 months ago
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bfffth 5 months ago
we will conform to the group. ASSIMILATE ASSIMILATE!
megaexplosions 5 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
Love the fashion
SpeciesXConfused 5 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
Funny...his expression seems to say he doesn't believe it, but he says it anyway...
GrandFunker 5 months ago
@GrandFunker of course. That's what they explained. He didn't believe it was the right answer, but he still said it because everyone else did.
AntFormiga 5 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@AntFormiga Right...i just found it funny, how it was all over his face.
GrandFunker 5 months ago
No, the correct answer was 4
JohnnyJohnW 5 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
I like how people attempt to deviate from the norm and end up being part of another norm. Goth, Scene, Hipster, Religious,whatever, I mean I love all types but everyone sounds so stupid trying to sound rebelious. Its a damn experiment.
noziD2012 5 months ago
The teacher and classmates tried this on me once lol, i said "Yo i'm a hipster, conforming is too mainstream that lines the biggest."
Arkenarge 5 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
i would have overthrown the group, killed the doctor and rammed a 2 inch stick of dynamite up the ass of this experiment and called it a day
newkid765 6 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
1:spend 200 dollars on actors
2:trick a random kid
3:Im not gonna say profit....crap.
jorden9k 6 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
He fricken conformed to the norms..... Weak
Vendeteran 6 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
Looks acted out to me.
christuffer 6 months ago
If you know what the right answer is then why don't you just say it, and just think that the others are stupid.
NinjaJesus15 6 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@NinjaJesus15 its a survival instinct to be precise.. it doesnt involves what we know vs what others know. Basic survival instinct, its embedded in our brains.
adminoperator 6 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
anyone else hear the echo?
Toniisaur 6 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4 2
@Toniisaur Yeah i was freaking out
ut2k4wikichici 6 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
1:32 "What people tink"?
KayotikYT 6 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
now im glad i dont like people.
EveryoneIsBoring 7 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4 63
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exposefilms 7 months ago
damn that prof is sexy...
nilboi999 7 months ago 3
this wouldn't work on hipsters...
Halo3PKpooner 7 months ago 4
In the first test , the correct answer is 2 .
Glad they said it , I was so confused .
ElectTheDeadBelgium 7 months ago
i would have been like hell no dumb shits its number 2
alpha493 7 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
people that hit the "like" button are just comforming with the rest of the group :D
caifan701 7 months ago 8
@caifan701 i thumbsed it down cause i was thinking the same way!
adidassoccercleats 6 months ago
Captain Jean Luc Picard would never fall for that shit!!!
DocNitro74 7 months ago
they used a obviously wrong answer to show the power of group conformity .. in daily life this would happen on a smaller scale and very frequently with situations that arn't as clear cut as this i.e. maths answers and things it's really cool to see it with something so obviously wrong though! :)
TheSocialNorm2 7 months ago
group conformity.. is some thing we lack some time and we some time dislike ..
but use to go with it.
sree397 7 months ago
People don't understand that most people are constantly looking at others to judge what is right or wrong, it's not a bad thing I think it's impossible to be completely independent.
Sovember 7 months ago
This isn´t so strange is it?
If there is nothing to gain why create a confrontation? That's not just simply conforming with the group it's deliberately avoiding a meaningless debate.
TimdeJong 8 months ago
Doesn't work anymore. They did this to me in school and i was like "Wtf is wrong with everyone"
jabaash 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4 2
Televison and news media do this every day,
improm2u 8 months ago 2
"...of what the people around us tink" WTF? 1:35
ixcaliber 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4 2
@ixcaliber
Scotish accent you thick American ... Geez
TheSocialNorm2 7 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@TheSocialNorm2 American? No lol, I couldnt lower myself to that.
ixcaliber 7 months ago
@ixcaliber haha Touche :D
TheSocialNorm2 7 months ago
asch hole
prerb 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
the ass expiriment
GRANDJUNCTIONBMX 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
1,000 likes and only 9 dislikes - I guess group conformity is alive and well.
metaphoricrocky 8 months ago
twoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo omg its killing me
darknessblae 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
thumbs up if u wont say what the other peaple say
(if you have your own apinion)
gytisxp64 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
why were people so ugly, hairy and dirty looking in the 70's
szubanator 8 months ago 5
I clicked the "like" button because other people did.
TheNewRiflemanBob 8 months ago 240
@TheNewRiflemanBob i liked your comment because other people did
deadlymonty 4 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@deadlymonty thanks dude.
TheNewRiflemanBob 4 months ago
@TheNewRiflemanBob I thumb up ur comment, because other people did
sodasirap 3 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@sodasirap awesome.
TheNewRiflemanBob 3 months ago
@TheNewRiflemanBob I voted down because You didn't. :D
RetvorVasen 3 months ago
but will it blend
J4K8123Productions 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
this expains church. not trying to make anyone mad but its the truth
SuperDimentio234 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4 2
@SuperDimentio234 yes, you are
hrjert1 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
no me , social influence? aha , fuck those guys , i would pick anything they didn't pick.....
iamLI3 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
haha thank you Vsauce, im studying social psychology for my As Levels hehe REVISION!
HaRveHHH 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
vsauce
Flycrest 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
we did this in 3rd grade i was the 1 person and failed xD
superjacksonfan12345 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4 2
Aaahh A level Psychology... And 1st, 2nd and 3rd year University Psychology...
grizelda1986 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
wow
aassaa99 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
Anyone else thinks the volunteer looks like Reeps One with long hair? Haha.
souprcheff 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
the volunteer is retarded
pushkarghanekar1610 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
I actually would always pick the answer I thought was right, regardless of what other people picked. It would even make me feel smarter as a matter of fact.
Rekka7773 8 months ago
can you see why people have been believing for 2000 years in God have son ?
AbdulRButt 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
"We will conform with the group"
Ehhhh... no I won't
ericbombardier 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4 158
@ericbombardier That's what your saying now...
aspottedcheetta 6 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@ericbombardier there is a small minority of people (about 30% I think) who will not conform and who will not do dangerous things just because someone in authority told them to. The rest are murderers (look up 'milgram experiment'). QUESTION EVERYTHING! EVEN WHAT A COP TELLS YOU! AND EVEN -NO, ESPECIALLY- THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA!
TheRushingWind 6 months ago
@ericbombardier if you consider yourself a nonconformist then by default you have just conformed with the nonconformist group.
sethboy66 4 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
@sethboy66 I don't consider myself anything. I eat, sleep and wait for my time to pass doing the most positive I can. I have no group and no team and couldn't care less about belonging to any countries, races, cultures. But thanks.
ericbombardier 4 months ago
i wouldnt
TheSabel18 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
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animals0feel1pain2 8 months ago
this has happend to me.. in grade 4.. the teacher asked a math question and the entire class said 10.. and i said 5.. everyone laughed.. i was right.
MisterLazila1 8 months ago
@MisterLazila1 wtf me too but I think I was in 2nd or 3rd grade... all the kids followed this super smart kid and when we were asked to raise our hands they didn;t and I did...the teacher asked again and the kids still agreed with the smart kid lol she told me I was right, in front of everybody and then they started following ME! lol
dissidia123456789 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
good thing i dont care what people think and like being right therfore better than my fellow retarded test subjects
yodaoncrak 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
LMAO!!! look at his face!!!
he is like "fucking retards, i'm shitting myself, what do i do!"
TrulyBASED 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
I bet that I'd have been honest, because I only conform when I doubt myself. I don't doubt my vision or my answer, so I believe that I would answer correctly (Or give the answer the other people didn't choose ;P)
artsyfartsy1998 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
I actually think that I would have been honest.
Abbe235 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
Just another situation that could have been avoided if you had a loaded handgun, walk in the room, put your gun on the table, proclaim the room to be yours. Problem solved, I call this the: Y'amma kill errbody if dissheeeeat is anuuuuther Asch Exxxpuuurrrrrment play. *GUNSHOTS*... Unless you guys don't like that, then I'm probably just going to do what your doing. Cool?
oilers1go1 8 months ago
vsauce ftw!
nonginger 8 months ago in playlist Awesome Psychology! Vsauce Leanback #4
i don't think their explanation is completely accurate. I would agree with the group because i would think there is something i'm not seeing and it's reasonable to asume that the majority answer is the correct one. so if you ask what the correct answer is, you can listen to others if you think you might be wrong because you missed something.
i'm not saying social presure or something like that, is not playing a part, it's just not the complete story. i think
stijnhaki 8 months ago
@stijnhaki "and it's reasonable to asume that the majority answer is the correct one. "
It's not. Most of the time the majority answer is the wrong answer which is why most investors lose money and those choosing the trades no one wants will get rich - they know better.
ytgv3fc7 8 months ago
@ytgv3fc7 so if everyone says it's not safe to jump of the cliff, you do it anyway if you think you can survive the fall? i'm not stating that majority is always correct, i'm saying it's fair to assume they are, if everyone recognised a certain event, it's safe to assume it happend. it's statisticly more likely to be true then not true, hence save to assume to be true.
"Most of the time the majority answer is the wrong answer" i conclude you don't believe math, chemistry, mechanics to be true?
stijnhaki 8 months ago
@stijnhaki if everyone says ... I ignore them.
I judge the world as if people say nothing.
THEN I add in what the people are saying so I know what they will do.
The majority are stupid and in error.
The majority don't understand math, chemistry or mechanics either. My understanding & use of them is a MINORITY action, not majority.
ytgv3fc7 8 months ago
@stijnhaki you go search to see #1 how many people think a thing called HAARP can use the atmosphere to cause earth quakes #2 how many people think that you can clean radiation poisoning out of the body no matter what #3 how many people can actually build a car, not just drive one.
You'll find quickly the world is full of morons.
ytgv3fc7 8 months ago
@ytgv3fc7 seeing i have never heard of anyone, ever, saying anything like your numbers 1 and 2, i don't think you can say that's a large group. and i bet steven hawking doesn't know how to build a car either, but that doesn't make him a morron.
you are misinterpreting the meaning of 'majority'. it is the larger part of a group. in the vid the group was 5 people. in rocket sience, it's some more people, and the mechanics group is pretty big. people do what the majority in those groups think.
stijnhaki 8 months ago