Conform or Influence

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This paper discusses that, when influence is employed correctly, it efficiently moves people in positive directions; unfortunately, it also can work against us, and make us conform in situations where we are under social, peer or parental pressure.The author expresses the emotions he felt when he became drunk at a party to which he knew he should not have gone: Angry, awkward, weak, ashamed, and disappointment in himself. The paper concludes that, in similar circumstances, the author now tries to become the influencing factor rather than the victim of persuasion.

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"Sometimes, it's as simple as people just not taking "no" for an answer. I remember being part of what was considered the "cool" group when I was in high school. It was the group that everyone wanted to be part of, and I was. One summer when I was 17, one of the kids threw a big party while her parents were out of town. I, of course, immediately accepted the invitation not realizing that the group had planned a drinking party and had somehow gotten hold of a keg of beer."

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