Concept
Peer pressure
Overview
influence that a peer group, observers or individual exerts that encourages others to change their attitudes, values, or behaviors to conform the group norms. A group trying to convince a person to do something they are unwilling to do.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).
Related ideas
- Germany
- Trade union
- Conformity
- World War II
- Attitude (psychology)
- Value (ethics)
- Behavior
- Fake news
- Rwandan genocide
- Identity (social science)
Place in the tradition
Part of Objectivism.