Attitudes as adjustments to stimulus, background, and residual factors.
- 1 May 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Vol. 52 (3) , 314-322
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0045657
Abstract
"Statements concerning war and peace were judged under stimulated group conditions and in an alone condition..... When individuals are exposed to the opinions of others with regard to statements concerning war and peace, it is found that their own expressed attitudes shift more or less markedly toward group opinion. It is also found that the more frequently individuals respond to background influences, the larger is their shift toward or away from the group. Both the frequency and amount of shift from alone opinion toward background judgments correlate with degree of submissiveness as measured by the Allport A-S Reaction Study." 19 references.Keywords
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