![]() ![]() ![]() What was the most surprising thing you learned as you were writing the book?Ī lot of the book is an account of the many things that have surprised me in my own research over the past decade and a half. In essence, when we peer out at the world through our own eyes, we don’t see ourselves or the role we play in creating the social situations we are in. We underestimate the extent to which our own behaviors contribute to group norms-e.g., how talking about the solar panels we had installed shapes the rest of the group’s ideas about how normative it is to have solar panels. For example, we underestimate the extent to which our own presence shapes group discussions-like how group members tune the things they say to match what they know or assume about us. ![]() When we observe the interactions and social norms of the groups we are in, we tend to underestimate the role we ourselves play in contributing to those group dynamics. What does your book teach us about group dynamics? Vanessa, you must be as excited as we are that our books are so close to taking flight. ![]()
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