.:Essentials of Group Psychology:.

So there was this article that i read on Psyblog, and it was very interesting. It was all about how people that you are around always influence you. In positive and negative ways and how we can't even control things. It talks about how when you are around people that are negative, it rubs off on you, and when you are around positive people, it does the same. They use the word "warp" in the article to describe it. I really do believe that is how it is. When you think about it: or when you think about peer pressure, that's how it goes. If one of or a few of your friends are trying to get you to do something or act a certain way, more times than none we do what they want us to do. Its bad and good i suppose. If they are trying to make us do positive things, it can be good that what they say affects us. But then again, if they are trying to make you do something bad, and you do it, that isn't good. It also talks about like, groups of people and how there is a leader in a group. It tells you how to figure out who that person is by picking out characteristics in the person, such as; how much they talk, how much control they have over you, believing what they say very easily, and knowing you can rely on them are some major factors. There really is a leader in every group of friends; think about how you are with your friends; do they run to you with their problems? Or are you the one going to them and listening to what they have to say? Also just the productivity of what we do in a group as well as our decision making and creativity. Everything we do is always influenced by people that we are around. Being in a group can help us in many ways, and they can also hurt us as well. So i guess you just have to find the right group to be around. People that ain't going to bash what you say, accept your ideas and thoughts, and also a leader or group that isn't going to not let them influence your reasoning or ideas. We have to respect the power that a group has on us, and not let someone take over us and walk all over us. Sometimes that is hard to find. Don't you think?