Theories Of Conformity

Feys states,” Conformity can be seen as the world’s most common but dangerous psychological disorder.” It is quite self explanatory, but incase you do not understand, Feys is basically saying that conformation is extremely common. Also, in some cases people may conform to much in a potentially dangerous situation, and could hurt themselves or someone else. Take the Jim Jones Cult for example. Jim Jones was the leader of the Peoples Temple in the 1970’s. The cult is best known for the mass murder-suicide. Nearly one thousand people died; around 300 were children. They were all killed by cyanide poisoning. It is hard to think that one person could lead people to do such awful things, and that people would actually listen. But that is where