Some effects of feedback from the experimenter on conformity behavior.

Jones, Edward E.; Wells, Herbert; Torrey, Richard

doi:10.1037/h0047494

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“…Interestingly and, perhaps encouragingly, the amount of the facilitating effect of social pressure in the form of veridical group feedback was approximately twice as great as the amount of the detrimental effect due to n on v e ridical group feedback. The greater effect of correct feedback than of incorrect feedback is in accord with a study by Jones, Wells, and Torrey (1958), in which the E provided objective feedback to the group.…”

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Effect of social pressure on concept identification.

Allen¹,

Bragg²

1968

Journal of Educational Psychology

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One major program of the Wisconsin R and D Center for Cognitive Learning is Program 1 which is concerned with fundamental conditions and processes of learning. This Program consists of laboratory-type research projects, each independently concentrating on certain basic organismic or situational determinants of cognitive learning, but all united in the task of providing knowledge which can be effectively utilized in the construction of instructional systems for tomorrow's schools. Any complete study of the variables which influence human learningwhether in or out of the classroommust ultimately consider social influences. Professor Allen and his associates are actively engaged in a research project directed toward the analysis of social determinants in the acquisition and retention of basic cognitive skills. In this experiment Professor Allen examined the effect of unanimously correct versus unanimously incorrect manipulated feedback from an aggregate of college peers presumably attempting to solve the same concept identification problem. The results not only clearly indicated the facilitative effect of veridical feedback and the deleterious effect of nonveridical feedback, but transfer data revealed a persistent reliance upon the initial accuracy of the social group.

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Effect of social pressure on concept identification.

Allen¹,

Bragg²

1968

Journal of Educational Psychology

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“…These and other researchers found that group members are likely to influence one another's beliefs through communicating with one another, especially if the group is expected to work together to achieve a common goal (Deutsch and Gerard, 1955;Jones, Wells, and Torrey, 1958;Thibaut and Strickland, 1956). This is particularly likely to be true with regard to topics or issues where the group can act as a reference group (Israel, 1963).…”

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Determinants of executive beliefs: comparing functional conditioning and social influence

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“…Changing the direction of group movement 10 See, for example, the study of Jones, Wells, and Torrey (1958). Starting with the Asch situation they show that through feedback, the experimenter can foster greater independence in the subject, but not significantly greater yielding to the erring majority.…”

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Liberating effects of group pressure.

Milgram¹

1965

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

153

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A study of constructive conformity. Experimental studies have generally pointed to the negative effects of group pressure. The present experiment shows that in specifiable circumstances group pressure enables a person to resolve conflicting forces in a direction congruent with his values. In Exp. I Ss are instructed to administer increasingly more severe shocks to a victim. In Exp. II, 2 confederates who defy E's authority are introduced into this situation and effectively free Ss from obedience to E's destructive commands. In Exp. Ill, the 2 confederates follow the E's commands blindly, but this does not lead to increased compliance. Some factors contributing to the powerful effect of the disobedient group are described. The author suggests that there is a direction to potential group effects inherent in the structure of a given social field.

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Some effects of feedback from the experimenter on conformity behavior.

Abstract: 2 We are very much indebted to Milton Rosenbaum for building the apparatus and constructing the stimulus materials.

Cited by 27 publications

References 10 publications

Effect of social pressure on concept identification.

Effect of social pressure on concept identification.

Determinants of executive beliefs: comparing functional conditioning and social influence

Liberating effects of group pressure.

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