Majority and minority influence in inductive reasoning: A preliminary study
β 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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β¦ 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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