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Conformity or compliance? A study of sex differences in pedestrian behaviour
Author(s) -
Osman Liesl M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1982.tb00507.x
Subject(s) - conformity , compliance (psychology) , psychology , conformist , social psychology , pedestrian , same sex , developmental psychology , law , transport engineering , political science , politics , engineering
Sex differences in pedestrian violation of a traffic regulation were studied under field conditions. It was hypothesized that differences between men and women in rule breaking in this situation were influenced by sex differences with respect to both conformity to group pressure and compliance to legal prohibition. In the present study women were shown to be no more compliant than males, but to be apparently more conformist.