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title: "Social aspect of belief"
tags: behavior psychology society
date: 2021-01-22 18:46:07
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# Social aspect of belief

There is a social aspect to belief, such that we may discount even the evidence of our own senses if we think that our beliefs are not in harmony with those around us. Peer pressure works. Just as we seek to have harmony within our own beliefs([[Cognitive Dissonance]]), we also seek harmony with the beliefs of those around us.

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### Tags
#behavior #psychology #society