Growing up as a child, nothing mattered. You could dress and express yourself however you wanted and you wouldn't be judged. It was fantastic. But when you start to grow up, everything changes and things start to matter, and everyone around you starts to influence your decisions; how you dress, do your hair and how you behave. In the articles Living in the Minds of Others Without Knowing It and On the Primacy of Embarrassment in Social Life they examine different ways of social pressure and their effects. Conformity and social pressure affect the way people act or express themselves due to the fear of not fitting in. Conformity and social pressure have always been present. For thousands of years people have tried to fit in and be like everyone else. Many people would not agree with this statement but it is true. Throughout thousands of years ago there was conformity and social pressures, an example of this would have to do with religion; religion itself is old and pushes people to do things out of the kindness of their hearts or because they have been taught “it is the right thing to do”. Mark R. Leary1 of Wake Forest's psychology department goes into detail when he writes: “The Judeo-Christian tradition that has dominated American religion urges its followers to show little concern for worldly matters of any kind and to ignore social conventions in favor of the moral law". It examines that religion can also make a great contribution to social pressures. Religion tells people to ignore social interactions that are not of the same morality as the church; this is putting pressure on people and those who are faithful to the church will follow what they say. For example, sin is something that those who are faithful to the church do not sin, so essentially... middle of paper... "uncool" which leads to them being judged. Another problem is insecure attachment. This means that they will never want to do something on their own. They will always need someone's support, whether in person or through a small screen, they will not do anything without first asking if it is socially accepted. Even with the issues of conformity and social pressure that are still present in our daily lives and people just do it to “fit in”. In the articles written by Mark R. Leary and Rowland S. Miller they really go into detail about conformity and the effects caused by trying to fit in and be in touch with society. Most people don't even realize how they are affected, but everyone does. Be it the way we dress, talk or even do our hair; it's all around us. And oh, how we all wish we could go back to your childhood, when none of it mattered.