Personality and attitude change through normative pressure

Includes bibliographical references. === Some implications of the information content of expressed attitudes are discussed, and the literature on attitude change reviewed with this attitude-dimension in mind. 226 Ss responded to a scale measuring attitudes toward Africans, either on an individual ba...

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Main Author:	Colman, Andrew M
Format:	Dissertation
Language:	English
Published:	University of Cape Town 2015
Subjects:	Psychology
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13097

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spelling	ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uct-oai-localhost-11427-130972020-10-06T05:11:43Z Personality and attitude change through normative pressure Colman, Andrew M Psychology Includes bibliographical references. Some implications of the information content of expressed attitudes are discussed, and the literature on attitude change reviewed with this attitude-dimension in mind. 226 Ss responded to a scale measuring attitudes toward Africans, either on an individual basis in writing, or orally under pro- or anti-African normative pressure in an Asch-type situation. The confederates were successively replaced by naive Ss. Extreme attitude change was found, but the personality correlates of change were unclear. A laboratory analogue of the perpetuation of attitudinal norms was successfully provided. These and certain unexpected results are discussed. 2015-06-25T13:46:32Z 2015-06-25T13:46:32Z 1968 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13097 eng application/pdf University of Cape Town Faculty of Humanities Department of Psychology
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Personality and attitude change through normative pressure

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