Idea post #5 Thursday September 30, 2010
Topic: Social conformity
Quote 1:
"Three major and universal characteristics of human nature are involved in issues concerning individuality and social conformity. First is the conservative tendency in the physical part of our human nature which seeks safety and security and clings to that which offers that security and resists all new impacts and changes that threaten to disturb the source of that security. This is what I referred to earlier as habit and unwillingness to change in my posting in the individuality forum. There is a second urge that seeks activity and interaction with other people though on the basis of established tradition and usage. There is a third urge which is a product of our unique mental creativity which sets us apart from other organisms. This mental urge seeks change and improvement by applying our mental powers of invention and discovery to favorably modify the environment around us." "Individuality and Social Conformity | World Academy of Art & Science." World Academy of Art & Science | UNITY IN DIVERSITY. Web. 30 Sept. 2010. <http://www.worldacademy.org/forum/individuality-and-social-conformity>.
Although this comment from Ashok Natarajan seems blog like or conversational. The information discussed does not seem ill-advised. The intellectual insight into group thought process and why individuals conform was fascinating. in the small section I quoted he breaks down three reasons.
Quote 2:
"The present study explains why we often automatically adjust our opinion in line with the majority opinion," says Dr. Klucharev. "Our results also show that social conformity is based on mechanisms that comply with reinforcement learning and is reinforced by the neural error-monitoring activity which signals what is probably the most fundamental social mistake—that of being too different from others."
In the quote Dr. Klucharev explanes the findings of the experiments they completed. The scientific explanations of the monitoring of the brain in relation to conformity was very interesting and provided a different less emotional reasoning behind social conformity.
Relevance to my work:
In my work it seems to be a social structure to be accepting of this loss of community. this idea of social conformity shows up in my other ideas, such as this protection mechanism of filling your space and life with belongings. I find the scientific explanation as well as the emotional explanation to be very interesting in understanding the tendencies of humans.
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