Normative self-definitional minority influence : when innovation is valued /

a non-n of 1 innovation 's salient and se] f-relevant to

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Babcock, Denette Rae
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1998.
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Summary:a non-n of 1 innovation 's salient and se] f-relevant to
addresses these issues.
alignment with the minority source. Attitude change also
analysis revealed that most divergent and creative thought
any convincing conclusions can be drawn. Problems with the
attitude change. Results were marginally supportive of the
compared to when a norm valuing the status quo or no norm is
emphasized. Finally, based on group decision-making
experiment using four different social issues was conducted
findings, further research will need to be conducted before
followed this pattern, but was significant. A qualitative
hypotheses with only one issue. As expected, participants
in which participants were exposed to an innovative versus a
influence that arises from non-native, self-definitional
innovative, but not a status quo, fashion that allowed
investigation into the type of processing leading to social
invoked, and that based on the salience and self-relevance of
normative self-definitional model of social influence: when
not significant
opportunity to reinterpret the issue in an either innovative
or status quo fashion that would 'justify the minority
person, a minority is more likely to attain influence
pressures; however, due to the lack of robustness of the
recipient. Furthermore, when cued to think in an innovative
relatively thoughtful cognitive process on the part of the
research, it was also expected that those valuing innovation
source who held a counterattitudinal position, then given the
source's stance, and then were given an assessment of
status quo versus no norm, then presented with a minority
study are discussed and another study is proposed that
The goal of this study was to test a prediction of the
the innovative norm, the influence will occur through a
This study does provide direction for additional
valuing a norm of innovation reinterpreted the issue in an
versus a status quo fashion, these effects will be
would exhibit the most divergent and creative thought. An
Item Description:"Major subject: Psychology".
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Physical Description:vii, 69 leaves ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 34-36.