Creative problem solving as a result of majority vs minority influence
作者:
Charlan Jeanne Nemeth,
Joel Wachtler,
期刊:
European Journal of Social Psychology
(WILEY Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 13,
issue 1
页码: 45-55
ISSN:0046-2772
年代: 1983
DOI:10.1002/ejsp.2420130103
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractA comparison of influence processes exerted by a majority versus a minority is made, both theoretically and empirically. In this study, comparing the two processes in the same experimental setting, it was hypothesized that subjects would ‘follow’ the majority more than the minority, that is, they would be more influenced to adopt the exact same position. However, it was predicted that subjects exposed to the minority would be stimulated to find new solutions to the problem, solutions that were not offered by the minority but that the subjects would not have found by themselves. Further, these solutions would tend to be correct rather than incorrect. Results support these predicti
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