## Ninety-three snuients were exposed to majority and minority influence i n an inductive reasoning task. The former induced convergent thinking processes, though its eflects were not reducible to mere compliance. The latter activated more diverge& constructive processes, supporting the predictions
Indirect majority and minority influence: An exploratory study
✍ Scribed by Veronika Brandstätter; Naomi Ellemers; Elena Gaviria; Francesca Giosue; Pascal Huguet; Marceline Kroon; Pascal Morchain; Margot Pujal; Monica Rubini; Gabriel Mugny; Juan A. Perez
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 907 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0046-2772
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