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Social Influence: Crash Course Psychology #38

CrashCourse · Nov 14, 2026 · 14:52

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Why do people sometimes do bad things just because someone else told them to? And what does the term Groupthink mean? In today's episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about the ideas of Social Influence and how it can affect our decisions to act or to not act. Want more videos about psychology? Check out our sister channel SciShow Psych at https://www.youtube.com/scishowpsych! --Chapters:Introduction 00:00Milgram's Obedience Experiment 0:31Social Influence & Conformity 3:22Asch's Conformity Experiment 4:08Cultural Expectations & Normative Social Influence 5:21Social Facilitation 5:59Social Loafing 6:19Deindividuation & Group Polarization 6:51Groupthink 7:58Review & Credits 9:06--Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourseWant to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet?Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourseTwitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourseInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids
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