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11 Dec 2017: The vast majority of people want to conform to societal standards, it's innate in us as a highly social species," says Dr Sander van der Linden, study lead author from ... People often misperceive social norms, and seek to adjust once they are exposed to

14 Nov 2017: or read on social sites, and the pages you follow on Facebook. ... showing a group of women in a social situation, dancing, and having fun, accompanied by ad copy saying: ‘Dance like no one’s watching (but they totally are)’).

13 Feb 2017: The ALS campaign managed to exploit a two-pronged approach to 'social influences'. ... Similarly, people often respond to social injustice, such as genocide, with strong moral outrage.".

23 Jan 2017: Social psychologists believe that a similar logic can be applied to help “inoculate” the public against misinformation, including the damaging influence of ‘fake news’ websites propagating myths about climate change. ... Misinformation can be

10 Dec 2017: The UK findings, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, are supported by a North American “robustness check”, with less detailed data from US demographics suggesting the same patterns ... and formative epochs in modern history,