10 Strange Ways Social Conditioning Influences You

Most people are certain that their fears, habits, or other beliefs are something innate to them, their upbringing, or in the case of the aforementioned beliefs, are simply facts. However, social conditioning from popular culture, confusing consumer education, and urban legends that have existed for thousands of years have created false ideas and strange, illogical habits in even the most reasonable people. The more people buy into a false idea, the greater the social effect, and the quicker and easier the entire idea spreads, as you can see in the examples below. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenzn... Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_... - Learn more why you might want to help: https://support.google.com/youtube/an... Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook:   / toptenz   Business inquiries to [email protected] Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 Unexpected Things That Can Be Hacked    • Top 10 Unexpected Things That Can Be Hacked   Top 10 Ridiculous Misconceptions About Cybercrime    • Top 10 Ridiculous Misconceptions About Cyb...   Text version: http://www.toptenz.net/10-strange-way... Coming up: 10. Fear Of Clowns Has Less To Do With Uncanny Valley And More To Do With Scary Movies 9. Modern Ghost Hunting Is Basically Just One Big Mess Of Confirmation Bias And Theatrics 8. The Full Moon Hysteria Is Totally Baseless, But Social Expectations Cause People To Believe It 7. In Many Countries, Schizophrenic Hallucinations Are Seen As Friendly Because Of The Culture 6. Only Certain Cultures Expect Women To Be Rage Monsters On Their Period 5. Slenderman Was Wholly Manufactured As An “Ancient” Monster To Scare Teens, And It Worked 4. No Evidence For Wind Farm Syndrome Exists, But Social Influences Cause Many To Insist They Have It 3. Confusing Expiration And Best By Dates Cause Mountains Of Good Food To Be Thrown Away 2. Many People Still Believe Drug Dealers Are Pushing Candy Drugs On Children – Due To Mass Hysteria 1. Because Of Movies And Popular Culture, People Are Totally Unaware Of The Real Threat Of AI Source/Further reading: https://www.gq.com/story/fear-of-clow...    • GHOST HUNTERS (Clips) | Final Episode: 'Ch...   https://www.csicop.org/si/show/ghost-... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar... http://www.slate.com/articles/health_... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/t... https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bn... http://www.marketwatch.com/story/want... http://www.snopes.com/ecstasy-hallowe... http://www.businessinsider.com/autono... https://static.pexels.com/photos/2714... http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/... https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7088/13... http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/p... http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/... https://media.defense.gov/2009/Mar/26... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...    • Mortuary on SyFy Ghost Hunters