Conformity

During chapter 16, the chapter talked about social psychology. One of the aspects of social psychology is how people surrender to others, with obedience and conformity. After reading about conformity, I couldn’t help but to think of all the different things I have seen and how much people have changed from the junior high years until today, because they are conforming to fit in with certain groups.
Some examples of this are Taylor and Alex. At the junior high Alex used to be in all honors classes, he used to be involved in different sports and was very well liked. As the years went on, he started to get involved with drugs because a kid on his basketball team who he hung out with was doing them to fit in with what they thought was the “cool” kids. After he conformed into one of them, and started to do these drugs on a daily basis, and he went from being an intelligent athlete, to a rehab patient, who might not graduate.
Second, my friend Taylor had trouble making friends during her junior high years, and being a girl, you just want everyone to like you, and be the “queen bee” well Taylor thought that she would be respected more if she could prove that she wasn’t this innocent little girl, who did everything that her mom said. So she conformed to a group that got her to start stealing and drinking, even though her parents have caught her and she has lost most of their trust, she still continues to do it.
These are just a few examples of how social pressure, and conformity can change someone for the worst.