What should modern leadership look like? Entrepreneur and former Icelandic presidential candidate Halla Tómasdóttir thinks global leaders need to change their ways -- or risk becoming irrelevant. In a conversation with curator Bryn...

Have you ever gone along with a group even though you had your doubts? You're not alone: Research shows unanimous decisions aren't always actually unanimous.

How do the groups that you're part of affect you? How do you, in turn, affect those groups? Today we are talking about how people in society come together with a look at social groups. We’ll look at what social groups are, the different...

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...

This video provides an overview of the revocation of acceptance of goods under the UCC. For more free business resources, visit JMG | TheBusinessProfess (www.TheBusinessProfessor.com).

Social Influences Affect Consumer Decisions

What is the Abilene Paradox? The Abilene paradox is a collective fallacy, in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of most or all individuals in the group, while each...

This is an answer key video for an Apply It/Assess It. It explains events that took place in the 1960s.

Humans feel a deep need to fit in, to conform. The harder the choice we face, the more we defer to others. I call this the ‘eight-out-of-ten-cat-owners’ effect. Psychologists call it Social Proof.

Edgar Schein is a social psychologist who has introduced many ideas around organizations and organizational culture. His thinking is at the heart of the subject.

This is an answer key video for an Apply It/Assess It.

What is the Abilene Paradox? The Abilene paradox is a collective fallacy, in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of most or all individuals in the group, while each...

Have the comforts of modern living made us forget about our place in nature? If so, what does that mean for us? In The Pedestrian, Ray Bradbury shares some important ideas with us about our place in the natural world, and why we should...

Ever since the advent of the smartphone we’ve seen a rapid uptick in the influence of technology over our everyday lives. But Ray Bradbury predicted this, all the way back in the 1950s! In The Pedestrian, Bradbury projects his mind...

It’s usually easier to just fit in and go with the flow, right? But when we conform, we are easier to control. No thanks! In ‘The Pedestrian’, Ray Bradbury shows us what happens when our freedom and individuality are taken from us. Join...

It’s 2053 and people are so addicted to their ‘viewing screens’ that they barely venture outside. At 8pm on a frosty November evening, Leonard Mead defies convention by going for a stroll. Unfortunately for him, a passing police car...

Ray Bradbury always had an eerie knack for predicting the future. How? By paying careful attention to dominant ideas and events in his time. Join us for an overview of Bradbury’s life and influences. We’ll also look at how 1950s,...

This video is the first of a new Psychology A Level Revision series to prepare you for your exams with exactly the right information that you need to know.

Sir Ken Robinson - Revolutionizing Education from the Ground Up



National education systems worldwide are being reformed to meet the challenges of the 21st century. As a respected adviser to governments in Europe, Asia and...

This video explores Nietzsche's idea that all of organic nature is divided into sheep and wolves, and how our biological makeup dictates our moral code. It discusses the concern of an inversion of moral values where the traits of...

We all have at least a few memories we treasure. But, just how reliable is that memory. Well honestly, not very. From subconscious theft to made up moments, here are 10 Reasons Your Memories Are Complete BS'

Join us for an overview of Ray Bradbury’s world. We’ll show you how key issues and events in the real world shaped his ideas in Fahrenheit 451. Find out how the novel critiques key moments in history, including McCarthyism, 1950s...

Social Influences Affect Consumer Decisions

The video discusses Solomon Asch's conformity experiment, which explored the power of peer pressure to influence our perception and behavior. The experiment found that many people conform to the majority, even when they know it's wrong,...