Gender, Confidence & Conformity - What’s the Connection?
In their 2017 research about the intersection of gender, confidence, and conformity, Cross et al state that “confidence is implicated as a strong predictor of susceptibility to social influence, and wherever there is evidence for a sex difference in confidence, an indirect effect of sex on social influence via confidence is likely” (Cross et al, 2017).
Jehovah’s Witnesses Don’t Have to Shun Their Ex-Member Relatives Anymore — But None of Them Know It
The policy of disfellowshipping within the Jehovah’s Witness community has been deescalated. If you hadn’t heard, don’t worry. You are not alone.
How Analyzing ISIS’s Recruitment Tactics Helped Liberate Me from Psychological Captivity
As my cognition bifurcated away from the infantile spiritual fantasies of my religious upbringing, I saw more and more connections between the culture and theology of Jehovah’s Witnesses and that of my Muslim neighbors
George A. Kelly’s Constructive Alternativism — An Application to Religious & Ideological Radicalism
Find out how George A. Kelly's theory of constructive alternativism helps us understand the thinking of radicalized groups.
The Spectrum of Conformity & Obedience — From Cults to Cocktail Parties
Conformity and obedience were the focus of much early research in the burgeoning field of social psychology. But social conformity and obedience have a darker side.