Use of two different response modes and repeated testings to predict social conformity.

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The usefulness of an economical method for measuring social conformity was explored. The effects upon yielding of (1) accurate as opposed to inaccurate information and (2) instructions to remember and reproduce previous responses as opposed to instructions to ignore previous responses were studied. This study also explored the predictability of individual differences in yielding through the use of a personality inventory, examining the effects of repeated administrations of the inventory as well as the effects of having Ss predict the responses of others, as opposed to having Ss personally respond to the items. Results suggested that this approach to the measurement of social conformity is fruitful, although individual differences in yielding were poorly predicted by the personality inventory under any of the experimental conditions. (26 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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