How Do Hurricanes and Tornadoes Form

question 29

Essay

How do hurricanes and tornadoes form?

---

Definitions:

Peer Pressure

The influence exerted by a peer group, encouraging individuals to change their attitudes, values, or behaviors to conform to group norms.

Asch Experiment

A series of psychological experiments conducted by Solomon Asch studying if and how individuals yielded to or defied a majority group.

Groupthink

A phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Binge Drinking

The consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period, often defined as five or more drinks for men, and four or more for women, in about two hours.