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Here’s an interesting result from a scientific study – self-control (or lack of it) is infectious! In other words, these studies found that when we affiliate ourselves with people who have a lot (or little) self-control it affects our life decisions.

Maybe this isn’t so shocking after all since we know that group think is very powerful and people tend to conform to the average of the groups to which they belong. This type of conformity can be both a psychological and physiological phenomenon. We see it all the way from the joining of cults to the synchronizations of women’s ovulation cycles.

This idea of conformity exists in the working world as well. Anyone who has worked in a large corporation can attest to the fact that peer (or boss) pressure has significant influence. Finally and the main reason why I posted the link below, is that when it comes to students working together on group projects, conformity can take hold. Groups must encourage dialogue and constructive criticism through open communication. Of course you may reach a point where you want conformity. This will likely be after a lot of thinking and discussion has already occurred.

Here is a link to the research study: http://entertheblog.com/wX

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