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Majority and minority influence in inductive reasoning: A preliminary study
Author(s) -
Legrenzi Paolo,
Butera Fabrizio,
Mugny Gabriel,
Perez Juan
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2420210408
Subject(s) - psychology , inductive reasoning , task (project management) , constructive , compliance (psychology) , social psychology , analytic reasoning , cognitive psychology , deductive reasoning , process (computing) , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , management , economics , operating system
Ninety‐three students were exposed to majority and minority influence in an inductive reasoning task. The former induced convergent thinking processes, though its effects were not reducible to mere compliance. The latter activated more divergent constructive processes, supporting the predictions of Conversion Theory.