It is common for humans to belong to a particular group. In almost all social settings, it is rare to find someone there by themself. While there is no problem with belonging to a group, problems begin to arise when humans allow others to pressure and influence their decisions. As a result of this, humans start to lose their character. In Doris Lessing’s article, “Group Minds” and Solomon E. Asch’s article, “Opinions and Social Pressures” they both were on the right track when they stated that humans lose their individualism when subjecting to social pressures. Lessing starts off her article by stating that those in the Western world like to publicize their right to be an individual but often disregard this right and succumb to the
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This causes people to automatically believe that their opinion is wrong if it doesn’t correlate to the group’s opinion. As a result of this mindset, people stop relying on their own thoughts but instead, turn towards the group’s thoughts. After humans start turning towards their group’s thoughts rather than their own, they act in ways they believe the group will see as acceptable. Once people begin to do this, they are losing touch with their true selves. They are no longer acting because of their own beliefs and are conforming to the rest of the group, thus losing their sense of …show more content…
These individuals who do this are well aware of what they are doing. The cause of this, is usually due to them wanting to fit into a group, so they feel the need to agree with everything the group does. When people fall into this trap, at first they don’t tend to realize the damage it can do. People begin to lose focus of their actual beliefs and focus mainly on what their group wants. They stop voicing their true opinion, and in some situations, what might actually be right. When humans allow outside pressures to become more of an influence than their own thoughts, they lose their individualism. They are no longer acting because of their own morals and are no longer their true
This causes people to automatically believe that their opinion is wrong if it doesn’t correlate to the group’s opinion. As a result of this mindset, people stop relying on their own thoughts but instead, turn towards the group’s thoughts. After humans start turning towards their group’s thoughts rather than their own, they act in ways they believe the group will see as acceptable. Once people begin to do this, they are losing touch with their true selves. They are no longer acting because of their own beliefs and are conforming to the rest of the group, thus losing their sense of …show more content…
These individuals who do this are well aware of what they are doing. The cause of this, is usually due to them wanting to fit into a group, so they feel the need to agree with everything the group does. When people fall into this trap, at first they don’t tend to realize the damage it can do. People begin to lose focus of their actual beliefs and focus mainly on what their group wants. They stop voicing their true opinion, and in some situations, what might actually be right. When humans allow outside pressures to become more of an influence than their own thoughts, they lose their individualism. They are no longer acting because of their own morals and are no longer their true