Transcript The Waiting Room Experiment Social Conformity (Peer Pressure) Social influence that results in a change of behavior or belief in order to fit.

The Waiting Room Experiment
Social Conformity (Peer Pressure)
Social influence that results in a
change of behavior or belief in
order to fit in with a group.
Exodus 32:22-24
“Do not be angry, my lord,” Aaron answered.
“You know how prone these people are to
evil. They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will
go before us. As for this fellow Moses who
brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know
what has happened to him.’ So, I told them,
‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’
then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into
the fire, and out came this calf!”
Proverbs 1:10
“My son, if sinful men entice you, do
not give into them.”
Week 7
Peer
Pressure
Two Forms of Social Conformity
• Normative – The need to be liked and
accepted by others
LECTURE EXPERIMENT
• 50 people at a lecture on technology
• 2 people in the front row were part of the test
• 1st half of lecture – excellent and logical
• 2nd half – Jibberish
• At conclusion – 2 plants begin clapping
enthusiastically for 10 seconds.
• Then they stand up and clap loudly
and enthusiastically
WHAT DID EVERYONE ELSE DO?
Two Forms of Social Conformity
• Informational – The need to be correct
SOLOMON ASCH EXPERIMENT (1951)
Card 2
Card 1
• 5 People – 4 Test Plants
1
• Each given two cards
2
• Asked to select which
line on Card 2 matched
3
the line on Card 1
• 4 tests plants answer first
and all give the same obviously WRONG answer
WHAT DID THE TEST SUBJECT DO?
25% of the time they changed their
answer to match the answer of the
first 4 people.
Lesson One: Proverbs 13:20
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a
companion of fools suffers harm.
Lesson One: Proverbs 13:20
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a
companion of fools suffers harm.
I Corinthians 15:33
LESSON ONE:
Dothose
notyou
beare
misled:
Wisely chose
going to spend the
majority of your
timecompany
with because they will be
“Bad
the ones that will have the greatest
influence on you.
corrupts good
character.”
Chair Example
Do you bring people up or …
do they bring you down?
Lesson Two: Proverbs 4:14-16
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk
in the way of evildoers. Avoid it, do not travel on
it; turn from it and go on your way. For they
cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of
sleep till they make someone stumble.
Lesson Two: Proverbs 4:14-16
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk
in the way of evildoers. Avoid it, do not travel on
it; turn from it and go on your way. For they
cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of
sleep till they make someone stumble.
LESSON TWO:
Don’t even play with the temptation thinking you
can just turn away once on the path
Lesson Three: Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is
led astray by them is not wise.
Lesson Three: Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is
led astray by them is not wise.
LESSON THREE:
Influences of alcohol, drugs and the environment
you are in can easily erode your defenses against
peer pressure
Lesson Four: Proverbs 23:17-19
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be
zealous for the fear of the LORD. There is surely a
future hope for you, and your hope will not be
cut off. Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your
heart on the right path.
Lesson Four: Proverbs 23:17-19
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be
zealous for the fear of the LORD. There is surely a
future hope for you, and your hope will not be
cut off. Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your
heart on the right path.
LESSON FOUR:
Focusing on God consistently and passionately
will help insulate yourself from the
influence of others.
Putting on the Whole Armor of God (Eph 6)
GOD MUST BE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCE
4 Lessons from Proverbs
1 – Those you spend the most time with
will have the biggest influence on you
2 - Don’t play with temptation
3 – Alcohol, drugs or environment are
powerful influences
4 – A strong relationship with God is the
best defense
Romans 12:2
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but
be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Then you will be able to test and approve what
God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Quotes on Peer Pressure