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Fitting In or Standing Out

Episode 2 of 3

Professor Robert Winston explores the benefits and disadvantages of conformity and individuality. How much do we really want to stand out from the crowd?

Professor Robert Winston continues to follow the development of a group of children born at the turn of the millennium. As the children, now seven, discover how they fit into the groups around them, Winston explores the benefits and disadvantages of conformity and individuality. How much do we really want to stand out from the crowd?

50 minutes

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Presenter Robert Winston

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