Two experiments investigated the role of majority size (social pressure) in minority influence. Opposite predictions were derived from an attributional account and two social impact models. In Experiment 1 there was a tendency for minority influence to decrease with increasing majority size when the minority argued against gay rights. The results were stronger and clearer in Experiment 2. For pro-abortion minorities, the minority's impact clearly declined as the size of the opposing majority increased. As predicted by the social impact models, this decline occurred during the initial increase of the majority size. The limitations of the mathematical models are discussed
This study examines the effects of the evaluation of the majority or minority consensus attributed t...
Majorities induce public, temporary change, whereas minority influence is indirect and persistent. T...
Compared majority and minority influence on attitudinal (opinion) vs objective (knowledge) tasks in ...
The present study explored the types of social influence processes underlying the impact of minori...
Three experiments investigated the effect of consensus information on majority and minority influenc...
Three experiments are reported which examine the effects of consensus information on majority and mi...
Three experiments examined how change in minority size influenced information processing and attitud...
Erb H-P, Bohner G, Hewstone M, Werth L, Reinhard M-A. Large minorities and small majorities: Interac...
Three experiments examined how change in minority size influenced information processing and attitud...
Three experiments examined how change in minority size influenced information processing and attitud...
88 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988.A theoretical integration of t...
Abstract According to cognitive research, members of a social majority are better than minority memb...
This paper reviews theory and research on the relationship between group size and con...
A comparison of influence processes exerted by a majority versus a minority is made, both theoretica...
This study examined conceptual representations of interactions between stable and changed minority a...
This study examines the effects of the evaluation of the majority or minority consensus attributed t...
Majorities induce public, temporary change, whereas minority influence is indirect and persistent. T...
Compared majority and minority influence on attitudinal (opinion) vs objective (knowledge) tasks in ...
The present study explored the types of social influence processes underlying the impact of minori...
Three experiments investigated the effect of consensus information on majority and minority influenc...
Three experiments are reported which examine the effects of consensus information on majority and mi...
Three experiments examined how change in minority size influenced information processing and attitud...
Erb H-P, Bohner G, Hewstone M, Werth L, Reinhard M-A. Large minorities and small majorities: Interac...
Three experiments examined how change in minority size influenced information processing and attitud...
Three experiments examined how change in minority size influenced information processing and attitud...
88 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988.A theoretical integration of t...
Abstract According to cognitive research, members of a social majority are better than minority memb...
This paper reviews theory and research on the relationship between group size and con...
A comparison of influence processes exerted by a majority versus a minority is made, both theoretica...
This study examined conceptual representations of interactions between stable and changed minority a...
This study examines the effects of the evaluation of the majority or minority consensus attributed t...
Majorities induce public, temporary change, whereas minority influence is indirect and persistent. T...
Compared majority and minority influence on attitudinal (opinion) vs objective (knowledge) tasks in ...