Positive peer pressure as a tool for change Peer pressure can also have positive effects. We have not been able to utilise this as a tool in deterring those who use addictive substances.

An interdisciplinary team of Boston College researchers to explore how social norms can be leveraged to promote virtuous behavior Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Liane Young, whose research ...

That shocked him.” Bergquist noted that a couple of experiments have indicated that people pay more attention to negative information than positive information. “So instead of saying many people are ...