The effects of influence conditions and discrepancy upon authoritarian conformity
Abstract
Having made a series of numerosity judgments, Ss were exposed to judgments presumably made by three
other individuals. The discrepancy between Ss'
judgments and those attributed to the others was either
small or large and was revealed under conditions that
emphasized either group or individual accuracy. When
the discrepancy was large, nonauthoritarian Ss changed
their judgments in both influence conditions, while the
authoritarian Ss showed substantial change only in the
group accuracy condition. When the discrepancy was
small, no differences between authoritarian and
nonauthoritarian conformity were observed.
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