每日口說挑戰你能承受住群體思維的考驗嗎？ (Asch’s Conformity Experiment: Can You Withstand Groupthink?)

Hi, VoiceTubers. This is Nina, and you are listening to the Pronunciation Challenge. Today’s topic is about groupthink. Do you know what groupthink is? Watch the video to find out! But before that, let’s take a quick look at today’s sentence.

Sentence

In 1951, decades after the incident, our boy became a pioneer in social psychology, determined to rationalize what actually happened that fateful night.

Pronunciation Tips

1. 1951 (how to say years in English)
2. the incident (the pronunciation of "the")
3. pioneer (how to pronounce the "o")
4. psychology (the silent "p")
5. determined to
6. rationalize (the schwa sounds)

Vocabulary

1. pioneer (n) 先驅 KK [͵paɪəˋnɪr] IPA /ˌpaɪəˈnɪr/
Def: a person who is one of the first people to do something
Eg. Pioneers of aviation are the people who have contributed to the development of
aeronautics.
航空先驅是為航空事業的發展做出貢獻的人。

2. rationalize (v) 合理化 KK [ˋræʃən!͵aɪz] IPA /ˈræʃ.ən.əl.aɪz/
Def: to try to find reasons to explain your behavior, decisions, etc.
Eg. I poured my thoughts out on paper to rationalize my feelings.
我把我的想法寫在紙上，試圖解釋我的感受。

3. fateful (adj) 對未來有重大影響的；決定性的 KK [ˋfetfəl] IPA /ˈfeɪt.fəl/
Def: having an important and usually negative effect on the future
Eg. The judge pronounced the fateful words.
法官宣布了決定性的判決。

Alright, that's all for today's episode. Humans are social animals; we are born to live in groups, and that's why we are so vulnerable to peer pressure. According to the experiment mentioned in the video, three people's opinions are enough to influence an individual to change his mind. Would you stick to the truth if you were in that experiment? Share your thoughts about today's topic in the comments below, and don't forget to record the sentence. Hope you enjoyed today's content. See you next time!

我選擇…堅持順從真理…

這開場是什麼藍色蛛蛛網嗎。
讓我們 看下去。

In 1951, decades after the incident, our boy became a pioneer in social psychology, determined to rationalize what actually happened that fateful night.

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In 1951, decades after the incident, our boy became a pioneer in social psychology, determined to rationalize what actually happened that fateful night.