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if one person in a relationship lost weightBog'liq Atomic habitsif one person in a relationship lost weight
: Amy A. Gorin et al., “Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Ripple Effect of a Nationally Available Weight Management Program
on Untreated Spouses,” Obesity 26, no. 3 (2018), doi:10.1002/oby.22098.
Of the ten people in the class, four became astronauts
: Mike Massimino, “Finding the Difference Between ‘Improbable’ and ‘Impossible,’” interview by James Altucher, The
James Altucher Show, January 2017,
https://jamesaltucher.com/2017/01/mike-massimino-i-am-not-good-enough
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the higher your best friend’s IQ at age eleven or twelve
: Ryan Meldrum, Nicholas Kavish, and Brian Boutwell, “On the Longitudinal Association Between Peer and Adolescent
Intelligence: Can Our Friends Make Us Smarter?,” PsyArXiv, February 10, 2018, doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/TVJ9Z.
Solomon Asch conducted a series of experiments
: Harold Steere Guetzkow, Groups, Leadership and Men: Research in Human Relations (Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Press, 1951),
177–190.
By the end of the experiment, nearly 75 percent of the subjects
: Follow-up studies show that if there was just one actor in the group who disagreed with the group, then the subject
was far more likely to state their true belief that the lines were different lengths. When you have an opinion that dissents from the tribe, it is much easier to stand by it if
you have an ally. When you need the strength to stand up to the social norm, find a partner. For more, see Solomon E. Asch, “Opinions and Social Pressure,” Scientific
American 193, no. 5 (1955), doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1155–31; and William N. Morris and Robert S. Miller, “The Effects of Consensus-Breaking and Consensus-
Preempting Partners on Reduction of Conformity,” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 11, no. 3 (1975), doi:10.1016/s0022–1031(75)80023–0.
Nearly 75 percent of subjects made the incorrect choice at least once. However, considering the total number of responses throughout the experiment, about two thirds
were correct. Either way, the point stands: group pressure can significantly alter our ability to make accurate decisions.
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