Psychology

D. Nadirashvili

The Psychological Impact of Majority Opinion and the Feeling of Deficit

In our culture there are cases that strongly impact a personality. Two of them are: the impact of majority opinion and the feeling of deficit. In these cases the person appears under hard psychological pressure. He/she behaves inadequatly that often leads to undesirable consequences.

The given phenomenon has to be rationalized, realized in order to neutralize the negative impact. This process is analyzed and explained in terms of the principles of the theory of attitude.

 

D. Uznadze Institute of Psychology

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