Social influence
The Apostle Paul taught: "Do not be deceived:âBad company ruins good morals.â" (1 Corinthians 15:33).
According to ScienceDirect and the International Encyclopedia of Education: "Social influence refers to the phenomenon where an individual's behaviors, opinions, or beliefs change as a result of their network ties, often becoming more similar to those with whom they are connected."[1][2] The Royal Society indicates: "Social learning is fundamental to human development, helping individuals adapt to changing circumstances and cooperate in groups. During the formative years of adolescence, the social environment shapes people's socio-cognitive skills needed in adulthood."[3]
The abstract for the book chapter Sociology of Social Influence from the 2015 book Behavior Sciences states:
| â | Social influence involves intentional and unintentional efforts to change another person's beliefs, attitudes, or behavior. Unlike persuasion, which is typically intentional and requires some degree of awareness on the part of the target, social influence may be inadvertent or accidental. Social influence often operates via peripheral processing. Hence, the target may be unaware of the influence attempt. Unlike compliance gaining, which is usually goal directed, social influence is often nongoal directed and the outcomes may be inconsistent with, or unrelated to, a communicator's goals. Social influence encompasses such strategies as indebtedness or reciprocity, commitment, social proof, liking and attractiveness, authority, and scarcity.[4] | â |
Social influence and Christianity
The Apostle Paul taught: "Do not be deceived:âBad company ruins good morals.â" (1 Corinthians 15:33).
Positive social influence and developing more positive thinking
See also: Positive thinking and Self-talk
According to the Mayo Clinic, surrounding yourself with positive people helps foster positive thinking.[5]
Making one's self-talk employ more positive thinking and employing more constructive/realistic/problem solving/creative thinking is better for one's physical/mental health and increases one's performance at tasks.[6][7][8][9]
Journal and academic articles
- Positive Social Norms: Research Review, University of Minnesota
- Following the Majority: Social Influence in Trusting Behavior, Frontiers in Science, 2019
References
- â Social Influence, Science Direct
- â International Encyclopedia of Education (Fourth Edition) 2023, Pages 430-440
- â Social influence in adolescence as a double-edged sword by Lucas Molleman, Simon Ciranka and Wouter van den Bos. Royal Society Publishing. Published:29 June 2022https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0045
- â Sociology of Social Influence by Robert H. Grass, Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition). 2015, Pages 348-354
- â Positive thinking: Stop negative self-talk to reduce stress
- â Self-talk
- â Positive thinking: Stop negative self-talk to reduce stress
- â Optimize your self-talk for peak performance, Champ, Uniformed Services University
- â The Toxic Effects of Negative Self-Talk by Elizabeth Scott, PhD
- â Positive thinking: Stop negative self-talk to reduce stress