双语：六大因素左右你的从众心理(组图) -新概念英语

从众心理在人群中非常普遍。我们往往在不自觉中落入了与他人统一步调的行为。那么，这是人之常情还是别有它因？

下面的几点是从众心理背后的奥秘。

Group size

人群大小

One of the most important factors affecting whether or not people conform is the size of the group around them. Maximum conformity is seen when groups reach between 3 and 5 people. Add more people and it makes little difference, less than 3, though, and conformity is substantially reduced 。

影响人们是否随大流的最重要的因素之一是他们身边的人群大小。最明显的随大流被发现，当人群数量达到3至5名时。增加更多的人对此影响不大，但是少于3个人，从众心理明显减少。

Dissent

反对的声音

As soon as there's someone who disagrees, or even just dithers or can't decide, conformity is reduced. Some studies have found conformity can be reduced from highs of 97% on a visual judgement task down to only 36% when there is a competent dissenter in the ranks 。

只要有人不同意，或者犹豫不决，或者下不了决心，从众心理就会减少。一些研究发现，当军队中拥有决定权的人反对时，即使是亲眼所见，从众的人也可能从97%的高点减少到36%。

Are they one of us?

他们跟我们是同一类人吗？

People conform much more strongly to others who are in the same group as them. These influences are even stronger for attractive people who we like. Group size and dissent make little difference when the people themselves are not part of 'our' group. In fact we may even go out of our way to do the opposite of an outgroup 。

人们更容易随大流当他们遇到跟自己是同一类人时。这些影响力对我们喜欢的有吸引力的人将更强烈。当其他人不是我们同一类人时，人群大小和反对的声音区别不大。事实上，我们更可能走相反的路，做非同一类人所做的相反的事。