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Peer pressure is the phenomenon in which an individual adopts certain attitudes or behaviors to conform to the expectations and norms of their peer group, often contrary to their own preferences or desires. It commonly occurs among individuals of the same age group and can influence a person’s decisions, value judgments, or actions. This pressure may manifest as direct guidance or indirectly through exclusion or lack of acceptance.Conceptual CharacteristicsPear pressure stems from an individual’

The autokinetic effect experiment is based on an optical illusion and produces the illusion that a stationary point of light is slowly moving due to the natural micro-movements of the eye muscles in a completely dark environment. Muzafer Sherif (1935) investigated this phenomenon in the laboratory at Columbia University and observed that individual judgments under isolated conditions showed a wide distribution (2–20 inches) and high uncertainty, but when judgments were made in groups, participan