In today's quest, we will attempt, through the view 👓 of some classic social psychology theories, to search for an answer to the question of how and through what mechanisms your social surroundings influence your thoughts 💭, feelings 💗, and actions 🏃‍♀️? Sprinkled on this path will be stolen candy bars 🍫, corona sneezes 🤧, my masculine personality 🥸  profile, a manager's new shirt 👔 , smoking 🚬 waitresses, and pastel colored post-it notes. Eventually, this quest for answers will end up in the midst of group rituals 🗿! If you are a curious bit 🤓 🧠, come along on this week's quest to understand and untangle some of social psychology's main classical perspectives. Bit Curious - A podcast 🎙️ about us, humans, working and creating things together  👇. Enjoy! Victoria Each episode´s content stands on the shoulders of giants - on what others have already figured out - scientists and researchers who spent their whole life dedicated to answering specific questions. Huge credit to all those people and their excellent work! special credit for this episode goes to professor H. Lundberg, professor  K. Malmquvist, and doctoral student V. Grönlund - whose lectures I had the luxury to attend in the past month on this very topic. Such an inspiration! The full list of sources and specific research papers can be found at my website https://www.victoriavallstrom.com/ Disclaimer: Keep in mind I am not a scientist in the areas I cover, for example, psychology, neuroscience, biology, etc. I come from the other direction -  practical experience working and creating things with other people in organizations. Education-wise, I have a degree in computer science, coupled with university studies in the history of  ideas.