Exposure to dissent and recall of information

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6203653
AutoresCharlan Nemeth (University of California, Berkeley, autor correspondente), Ofra Maysele (0000-0001-5012-6400, University of California, Berkeley), Ofra Mayseless, Jeffrey W Sherman (0000-0002-9020-9814, University of California, Berkeley), Jeffrey Sherman, Yvonne Brown (University of California, Berkeley)
Ano1990
Volume58
Fascículo3
Páginas429-437
Data de publicação1990-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.58.3.429
OpenAlexW4213309905
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas32

Recent work on minority influence has led to a debate about whether majorities and minorities exercise different forms of influence.Nemeth (1986) has argued that consistent minorities induce different cognitive processes than do consistent majorities, with a resulting impact on the quality of the judgments rendered.Two experiments test this theory.In Experiment 1, Ss heard 3 tape-recorded lists of words and learned that either a minority or a majority differed in the category "first noticed."This feedback occurred either once or over 3 trials.When exposure was once, recall was not affected by the source; when it was consistent, Ss exposed to the minority view recalled more words than those exposed to the majority view.In Experiment 2, Ss were exposed to a minority view that was either consistent over time or inconsistent over time.Ss exposed to a consistent minority had better recall than control Ss.Exposure to an inconsistent minority did not improve recall.The results offer support for the Nemeth (1986) formulation

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Dissent · Free recall · Political science · Politics · Quality (philosophy · Recall · Recall test · Computational and Text Analysis Methods · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology