Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!-Chapter 342 - 340 [Closed Group]

"And also..." At this point, Nan Zhubin paused.

"What is it?" The pause was so long that Chang Ming on the other end of the phone prompted Nan Zhubin.

Nan Zhubin recalled what he had seen while consulting with the students of the sports team.

After organizing his thoughts, he said, "Not all the students have ’problems’ like [anorexia], [anxiety], or [depression]; some students have other... ’problems’."

"All the students, including Li Mingchen, think that Wang Rui’s behavior is correct, that it’s necessary for the sake of grades. But students like Li Mingchen and Lin Junkai, they represent those who passively accept this theory."

"And there are a few students who are very... proactive, even supportive of Wang Rui."

"They used to be very good kids, but now it’s as if a switch has been flipped. When I used images and texts related to ’bullying’ for emotional induction on them, they had no [defense] or [self-blame]; they only showed [approval], [indifference], and even... [excitement]!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The other two people present, along with Chang Ming on the other end of the phone, all turned serious.

After a long silence, Weng Pinting slowly let out a breath.

"Is it [group polarization] leading to [groupthink] due to [closed groups]? As expected..."

Chonghui’s brow furrowed deeply, obviously thinking of the same thing.

Only Chang Ming on the phone asked, "I can understand part of what Mr. Nan is saying, but what does Teacher Weng mean?"

Nan Zhubin began to explain.

...

[Closed groups] refer to a form of group with clear boundaries, where members are relatively fixed and not easily accepting of new members.

Members of such a group are usually determined at the early stage of formation, with very low mobility, and new members must go through rigorous screening or group consensus to join.

At the same time, the group has clear entry rules, often reinforcing boundaries through specific standards or rituals to ensure internal homogeneity.

Under the premise of member stability and boundary, [closed groups] can easily achieve high cohesion through various values; but this can also lead to multiple psychological effects and potential risks.

The most common are [group polarization] and [groupthink].

Does the sports training team, where Li Mingchen and others are, have such member stability, boundaries, and factors capable of achieving high cohesion?

Yes, they do.

Indeed, very much so.

Their sports team is clearly such a group.

...

Nan Zhubin explained, "[Group polarization], simply put, is conformity. In a [closed group], people’s individuality can be greatly diminished, and as long as one person with enough influence proposes an idea, the rest will choose to follow—even without independently judging the nature of that idea."

"In this scenario, it wouldn’t matter much if a good idea were proposed; but when faced with some bad ideas or bad choices, to continue conforming, the good people in the group turn neutral, the neutral turn bad, and the bad become worse."

"[Groupthink] is the deterioration of psychological efficiency, reality testing, and ultimate moral judgment of group members under group pressure."

Nan Zhubin frowned deeply, as if filled with disgust for what he was going to say next.

"This will make their thinking lead to many wrong tendencies: they will be overly optimistic about the current situation, take many risky strategies; they will not question the group’s current inherent moral concepts but instead enforce them; they will ignore external warning messages and stick to their beliefs;"

"They will also impose stereotypes on other outsiders, oppressing or self-oppressing those within the group who do not agree with the majority opinion, leading to a lack of self-examination capability within the group, and even..."

Nan Zhubin took a deep breath, "...even produce so-called ’spiritual guardians’."

Chang Ming on the phone was silent for a moment.

After a good while, a somewhat hoarse voice said, "According to what Mr. Nan said, does it mean that Li Mingchen is the kid ’self-oppressing’ to the point of having issues?"

"Yes."

"And some kids, in this situation, have already started turning bad? Even becoming so-called... ’spiritual guardians’?"

"...Based on the information obtained from my conversations, they were at least rejecting such ’bullying-like’ behavior before; and now, they might not even realize how bad their behavior has become."

Nan Zhubin did not make the worst assumptions.

But he also did not deny that such situations could occur.

The phone line was silent for a moment.

"Director Chang, in the current situation, is there anything we can do on our end?"

Nan Zhubin pressed on, "Now that I’ve learned from Li Mingchen’s accounts that his issues stem from Wang Rui, and now knowing that Wang Rui has more severe problems beyond overtraining, isn’t it possible for you to take some measures?"

The phone line remained silent.

After a good while, there came a sigh: "For the time being, it’s difficult. After all, based solely on Mr. Nan’s statement to ’judge,’ things could be either serious or minor; the crucial point is that Wang Rui’s actions have not resulted in substantial, serious bodily harm to the students."

This is a key point—the severity of undesirable behavior on campus is often calculated based on the extent of harm to students.

Even in Li Mingchen’s case, if not for the accidental fall incident, nothing would have happened.

But Li Mingchen’s situation is already concluded, and the family has received compensation. To pursue Wang Rui for accountability solely based on descriptions from Li Mingchen’s psychological consultations would have limited force.

Do we... have to wait for the next accident?

After a good while, Chang Ming finally said, "According to what Mr. Nan just said, some good kids have been turned bad by Wang Rui?"

"...You could say that."

"In that case, even if we were to disband the sports team now and let these kids leave the team, it wouldn’t work, right? After all, according to your statement, their ’switch has been flipped,’ so we absolutely can’t handle this matter passively; we have to turn the switch back on for the kids?"

"...That would be best," Nan Zhubin replied, "Does Director Chang have any suggestions?"

The phone line was silent once more.

Chang Ming had been silent many times today, evidently reflecting a lot.

Unfortunately, Nan Zhubin couldn’t see his expression and didn’t know what he was contemplating.

Then, unexpectedly, the "beep-beep" sound appeared.

Chang Ming had hung up the phone.

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