Majority And Minority Influence

Author : Stamos Papastamou,Antonis Gardikiotis,Gerasimos Prodromitis
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317355724

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Majority and Minority Influence by Stamos Papastamou,Antonis Gardikiotis,Gerasimos Prodromitis Pdf

Majority and minority influence research examines how groups influence the attitudes, thoughts and behaviours of individuals, groups and society as a whole. This volume collects recent work by an international group of scholars, representing a variety of different theoretical approaches to majority and minority influence. The book provides a thorough evaluation of significant current developments with a particular focus on how active minorities can influence people’s thinking and behaviour, fight against conformity and contribute to real social change. It also discusses the following themes: Social vs. cognitive processes of social influence: cooperation vs. antagonism Majority and minority influence: a singular or a dual socio-psychological process? Conversion vs appropriation of minority ideas Different meta-theoretical considerations underlying social influence research New avenues for future research are presented and many are born from a new integration between influence and persuasion theoretical traditions. By focusing on the societal dimension of social influence this book contributes to filling a theoretical and epistemological gap in the relative literature. It offers a balanced and thorough presentation of the distinct theoretical and epistemological approaches employed by active and important researchers in the field making it essential reading for researchers and upper-level students of social psychology.

Author : Robin Martin,Miles Hewstone
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135232764

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Minority Influence and Innovation by Robin Martin,Miles Hewstone Pdf

Social groups form an important part of our daily lives. Within these groups pressures exist which encourage the individual to comply with the group’s viewpoint. This influence, which creates social conformity, is known as ‘majority influence’ and is the dominant process of social control. However, there also exists a ‘minority influence’, which emerges from a small subsection of the group and is a dynamic force for social change. Minority Influence and Innovation seeks to identify the conditions under which minority influence can prevail, to change established norms, stimulate original thinking and help us to see the world in new ways. With chapters written by a range of expert contributors, areas of discussion include: processes and theoretical issues the factors which affect majority and minority influence interactions between majority and minority group members This book offers a thorough evaluation of the most important current developments within this field and presents consideration of the issues that will be at the forefront of future research. As such it will be of interest to theorists and practitioners working in social psychology.

Author : Serge Moscovici,Gabriel Mugny,Eddy van Avermaet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1985-06-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521246954

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Perspectives on Minority Influence by Serge Moscovici,Gabriel Mugny,Eddy van Avermaet Pdf

The contributors to this volume examine social processes in terms of minority influence.

Author : Robin Martin,Miles Hewstone
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781135232771

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Minority Influence and Innovation by Robin Martin,Miles Hewstone Pdf

This book offers a thorough evaluation of the most important current developments within this field and presents consideration of the issues that will be at the forefront of future research.

Author : Clyde Hendrick
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1987-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : PSU:000025414264

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Group Processes by Clyde Hendrick Pdf

Group Processes reflects the current vitality of this area of social psychology. The contributors both report current research and present stimulating discussions of central conceptual areas in the study of group processes. In conjunction with Volume 9 of this series, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, it covers most of the topical areas currently generating considerable research activity. The two books are companion volumes, and will be indispensable texts for advanced courses in psychology and organizational studies.

Author : Stephen G. Harkins,Kipling D. Williams,Jerry M. Burger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199859870

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The Oxford Handbook of Social Influence by Stephen G. Harkins,Kipling D. Williams,Jerry M. Burger Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Social Influence restores this important field to its once preeminent position within social psychology. Editors Harkins, Williams, and Burger lead a team of leading scholars as they explore a variety of topics within social influence, seamlessly incorporating a range of analyses (including intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intragroup), and examine critical theories and the role of social influence in applied settings today.

Author : Serge Moscovici,Gabriel Mugny,Eddy Van Avermaet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Influence (Psychology).
ISBN : 2735101061

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Perspectives on Minority Influence by Serge Moscovici,Gabriel Mugny,Eddy Van Avermaet Pdf

The contributors to this volume examine social processes in terms of minority influence.

Author : Carsten K. W. De Dreu,Nanne K. De Vries
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0631212329

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Group Consensus and Minority Influence by Carsten K. W. De Dreu,Nanne K. De Vries Pdf

Written by leading social psychologists from around the world, this timely and innovative book brings together different perspectives on the way people influence each other to achieve consensus, to innovate, or do both.

Author : Gabriel Mugny,Juan A. Perez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1991-07-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780521390545

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The Social Psychology of Minority Influence by Gabriel Mugny,Juan A. Perez Pdf

Looks at the processes and spread of social innovation, the mechanisms of which are rooted in the conflict that minorities can create in others and introduce into the social system. These innovations give rise initially to discrimination and then to new norms which replace the old ones.

Author : Serge Moscovici,Angelica Mucchi Faina,Anne Maass
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UCSC:32106016778554

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Minority Influence by Serge Moscovici,Angelica Mucchi Faina,Anne Maass Pdf

Twenty-one European and American researchers contribute their thoughts on a variety of topics relating to minority influence. The authors grapple such issues as the power of minorities to provide social change; the minorities' capacity to induce divergent thinking; group polarization; the place of historical method and the importance of field study. Contributions are grouped into three sections representing theory, limits of study, and methods. Some examples: In part one, Crano analyzes the role of social comparison processes and provides an integrative model. In part two, Worchel argues that groups evolve over time in a predictable manner and that the impact of the minority will depend on the stage of group development. In part three, Personnaz and Personnaz explain the importance of the spectrometer method.

Author : Gabriel Mugny,Stamos Papastamou
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015016130729

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The Power of Minorities by Gabriel Mugny,Stamos Papastamou Pdf

Author : William D. Crano
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781429956727

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The Rules of Influence by William D. Crano Pdf

"Look out, Goliath—David has a training manual! . . . One of the best books on social psychology ever written." ---Daniel Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness No one doubts the power of the majority. It makes the rules and enforces them, and most of us are willing to go along with it, most of the time. But what happens when you're not? What about when the issue is so important to you that you're willing to take on the naysayers? It doesn't matter if you're trying to sell a new product or service, persuade colleagues to try out a new business plan, start a revolution, or simply convince your family where to go for dinner. In all of these cases you're going up against the majority, and more often than not your efforts are going to come up short. Or at least that was the case before Dr. William Crano—an expert in the field of influence—applied the science of persuasion to those moments when you find yourself outnumbered and overmatched. By doing so, he has discovered proven strategies, such as working from the inside and changing the game from subjective preferences to objective decisions, and distilled these strategies and more into an extraordinary collection of rules that radically affect the likelihood of success. The Rules of Influence—the most powerful guide to being persuasive even under the most inhospitable conditions—gives you the tools to overcome overwhelming odds and take back control in every situation.

Author : P. B. Paulus
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461255789

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Basic Group Processes by P. B. Paulus Pdf

Research on groups has been a major focus of concern among psychologists and sociologists for many years. The study of groups certainly deserves a central role in these disciplines since much of our behavior occurs in groups and many important social phenomena involve groups. Issues such as leadership, conformity, group decision-making, group task performance, and coalition formation have had a long history of research. However, recently a number of other areas of research have blossomed that provide interesting new perspectives on group processes (e.g., social impact). In addition, topics of research have developed outside the commonly ac cepted domain of group dynamics (e.g., self-disclosure) which seem to be concerned with rather basic group processes. Basic Group Processes was designed to bring together in one volume a repre sentative sample of the broad range of work currently being done in the area of groups. Some of the chapters provide a review of the literature while others focus more specifically on current programs of research. All, however, provide new insights into basic group processes and a number provide broad integrative schemes. All of the authors were asked to emphasize theoretical issues rather than a detailed presenta tion of research. Basic Group Processes suggests that research on groups is a lively enterprise and forging interesting new theoretical and empirical directions.

Author : Sarah A. Binder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997-06-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521587921

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Minority Rights, Majority Rule by Sarah A. Binder Pdf

Minority Rights, Majority Rule seeks to explain a phenomenon evident to most observers of the US Congress. In the House of Representatives, majority parties rule and minorities are seldom able to influence national policy making. In the Senate, minorities quite often call the shots, empowered by the filibuster to frustrate the majority. Why did the two chambers develop such distinctive legislative styles? Conventional wisdom suggests that differences in the size and workload of the House and Senate led the two chambers to develop very different rules of procedure. Sarah Binder offers an alternative, partisan theory to explain the creation and suppression of minority rights, showing that contests between partisan coalitions have throughout congressional history altered the distribution of procedural rights. Most importantly, new majorities inherit procedural choices made in the past. This institutional dynamic has fuelled the power of partisan majorities in the House but stopped them in their tracks in the Senate.

Author : Daniel Q. Gillion
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691234182

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The Loud Minority by Daniel Q. Gillion Pdf

How political protests and activism influence voters and candidates The “silent majority”—a phrase coined by Richard Nixon in 1969 in response to Vietnam War protests and later used by Donald Trump as a campaign slogan—refers to the supposed wedge that exists between protestors in the street and the voters at home. The Loud Minority upends this view by demonstrating that voters are in fact directly informed and influenced by protest activism. Consequently, as protests grow in America, every facet of the electoral process is touched by this loud minority, benefiting the political party perceived to be the most supportive of the protestors’ messaging. Drawing on historical evidence, statistical data, and detailed interviews about protest activity since the 1960s, Daniel Gillion shows that electoral districts with protest activity are more likely to see increased voter turnout at the polls. Surprisingly, protest activities are also moneymaking endeavors for electoral politics, as voters donate more to political candidates who share the ideological leanings of activists. Finally, protests are a signal of political problems, encouraging experienced political challengers to run for office and hurting incumbents’ chances of winning reelection. The silent majority may not speak by protesting themselves, but they clearly gesture for social change with their votes. An exploration of how protests affect voter behavior and warn of future electoral changes, The Loud Minority looks at the many ways that activism can shape democracy.