A new study looks at the impact of group conformity on task performance in various environments and leverages insights from cultural evolution, social learning, and social psychology to experimentally ...

What causes individuals to conform to the opinions and judgments of others? Why do they need to? When is it an advantage to merge with the group and when is it not? Investigating the social, ...

If you have ever sat in a business meeting and watched a group coalesce around a false premise or a bad decision, you might be interested to know that conformity in groups is a common experience and ...

Illustrating an intellectual confusion common on campuses, Vanderbilt University says: To ensure "diversity of thought and opinion," we require certain student groups, including five religious ones, ...

Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein's new book “Conformity: The Power of Social Influence” clearly and thoughtfully lays out the familiar case for dissent. Conformity is dangerous, Sunstein ...

There’s nothing unusual about the need to go along with the group. Evolutionists think that it offers a survival advantage, creating a uniform herd that’s less susceptible to dangers. But when it ...

President John F. Kennedy once said, "Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." His quote reflects the ideas many people have on the subject, but some businesses have a different ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was ...