Tag: peer pressure
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Peer pressure
WotD: Peer pressure I’ve lived in Japan for more than two decades and am still impressed with the social order and safety I enjoy here. From what I’ve observed, one of the main ways Japan maintains such strict order is through extreme peer pressure. In simple terms, peer pressure is the influence that individuals from…
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Normalcy bias
WotD: Normalcy bias Normalcy bias is a cognitive bias that can lead people to underestimate the possibility of a disaster or crisis occurring. This bias causes individuals to assume that things will always go according to plan and that the status quo will remain unchanged. Essentially, normalcy bias is a tendency to believe that the…
