The Japanese have a saying, “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” In other words, act like other people, don’t show off, or else. These forms of social pressure are particularly pronounced in ...

Children expecting rejection tend to resist conforming to academic and social trends. A child's emotional and cognitive reactions to potential rejection are strong predictors of conformity. Anxious ...

President Trump’s denial regarding his election loss was predictable and tedious. More interesting and consequential, though, was the reaction of others choosing to go along with him in the face of ...