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Majority and minority influence in inductive reasoning: A preliminary study

✍ Scribed by Paolo Legrenzi; Fabrizio Butera; Gabriel Mugny; Juan Perez


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
280 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0046-2772

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✦ Synopsis


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 of Conversion Theory.

This study is part of a research project spasored by the Fonds National S u k de la Recherche Scientifique 0046-2772/9 1/O40359-O5%05.Oo


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