Remember not being able to stay up past your bedtime when you were a kid? Being told to not eat junk food, or to stay away from fire? You were forbidden from doing something, but your curiosity peaked, you wondered why you’re being stopped. Maybe you secretly tried doing it anyway.
Rebellion seems to be one of those characteristics that exists in us from a very young age. The world seems fresh and new, with the words ‘why’ and ‘why not’ ready to fire off the tip of our tongue. The urge to rebel might lie naturally within us, stemming from the root of curiosity. Ultimately, social and political systems and the way we live our lives influence that curious nature within us, and what we do with it.
In 1966, scientist Jack W. Brehm was fascinated by human resistance to social influence, and that interest led to the formulation ...
