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It's important to stand up for those who do not have a voice in our society. 

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It's important to stand up for those who do not have a voice in our society. 

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every person has a different brain and have different thoughts ect so why not stand up for them🧐

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every person has a different brain and have different thoughts ect so why not stand up for them🧐

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this website has good information.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. - Going with the flow might appear easier than sticking up for yourself when confronted with unanimous disagreement.

But a new study from the University at Buffalo that assessed bodily responses suggests that standing up for your beliefs, expressing your opinions and demonstrating your core values can be a positive psychological experience.

There can be a clear divergence between what people do and say and how they feel, according to Mark Seery, an associate professor in UB's Department of Psychology.

"People can show conformity, but going along with the group doesn't mean they're going along happily," he says. "The external behavior isn't necessarily a good indication of their internal experience."

The findings, published in the journal Psychophysiology, provide new insights into what it's like being alone against the group, investigating the experience as it happens.

Methodologically this is a hard thing to capture, according to Seery.

He says there is a long tradition in social psychology investigating how people are affected by pressure to conform to a group. The vast majority of the work has focused on behavior and self-reported attitudes, with the assumption that it's uncomfortable being the lone dissenter, and that people are motivated to conform because it relieves their discomfort.

Questioning study subjects during the experience can be disruptive, while waiting to interview them later demands that they recall feelings that aren't always accurately reported.

"But we can tap into the experience using psychophysiological measures, which is what we did in this case by assessing cardiovascular responses," says Seery. "That's where this study started. To try to understand what that momentary experience of conformity pressure is like."

By measuring cardiovascular responses, Seery and the other researchers - UB colleague Shira Gabriel, Daemen College's Shannon Lupien and Southern Illinois University's Mitsuru Shimizu - get a sense for how people are evaluating personal resources versus the demands of the situation while in the act of potentially conforming.

When trying to reach a goal, evaluating high resources and low demands leads to a mostly positive, invigorating experience called challenge, which corresponds with feeling confident. Low resources and high demands lead to a much less confident state called threat, which may produce feelings of anxiety.

The researchers assigned participants into one of four experimental conditions, each with a goal to either fit in with a group's political opinion or assert their individuality, and with a group that either agreed or disagreed with participants' opinion on the issue.

"When participants' goal was to fit in with a group of people who disagreed with them, their cardiovascular responses were consistent with a psychological threat state," says Seery. "In contrast, when the goal was to be an individual among a group of people who disagreed with them, their cardiovascular responses were consistent with challenge.

"You may have to work to reach a goal, but when you experience challenge, it is more like feeling invigorated than overwhelmed. It is consistent with seeing something to gain rather than focusing on what can be lost," he says.

The results have interesting implications, especially in an election year, when someone can be surrounded by family members, coworkers or even neighborhood lawn signs that run contrary to personal opinions.

"It could easily be overwhelming to face a group on the other side of an issue or candidate, but this study suggests that reminding yourself of wanting to be an individual can make it a better experience, challenging instead of threatening, invigorating instead of overwhelming," says Seery.

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Study shows standing up for beliefs in face of group opposition is worth the effort

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BUFFALO, N.Y. - Going with the flow might appear easier than sticking up for yourself when confronted with unanimous disagreement. But a new study from the University at Buffalo that assessed bodily responses suggests that standing up for your beliefs, expressing your opinions and demonstrating your core values can be a positive psychological experience.

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You need to be unique and stand out if you want to be noticed 

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You need to be unique and stand out if you want to be noticed 

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if some one need help but they can stand and speak

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standing up for your beliefs  can help other people understand your needs and wants

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No one ever become successful by being the same as every other person. 

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No one ever become successful by being the same as every other person. 

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You’ll be able to build up your integrity

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You’ll be able to build up your integrity

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The consequence of abandoning your beliefs can be harsh. What if someone went along with it and made a change?

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1. helps mental health
2.makes a good change
3.Start to feel more confident
4. Everyone else  will get more confident
5. people will listen to you

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standing up for your idea gives it more value.

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1. It gives you more confidence in what you believe in
2. Teaches you how to stand up for yourself in the future
3. In the future, you could become successful; because you stand behind what you believe in.
4. It's important to always believe in yourself
5. You could be known as a very committed and strong person in what you believe in .

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lots of people struggle to speak up for themselves in situations of conflict.

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lots of people struggle to speak up for themselves in situations of conflict.

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1. people should be able to believe in whatever they want without being judged,laughed at, or put down for it.

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poeple give there right that can change the world,

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you're saying what you want from the world

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you're saying what you want from the world

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The fact many have succeeded in life because they stood up for what they thought. Such as experiments or new inventions, they went through and have become the celebrities you see today.

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it gets people to listen to you

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1. May be successful; may be able to get what one wants.

2. Standing up for what you believe in can set a role model for other people to do so as well.

3. Can. boost self esteem, self confidence, and self respect.

4. Important to voice opinions.

5. Might become famous for being an extremely committed activist.