0.8 Minority influence

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what is minority influence

the minority influences majority

they reject the established norms and persuade them

likely to lead to internalisation

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who did a key study into minority influence

Moscovici et al

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what was Moscovici et al’s procedure

  • groups of 5 participants and 2 confederates

  • shown 36 slides clearly different shades of blue and asked to state the colour

  • stage 1- C’s answered green consistently

  • stage 2- said green 24 times and blue 12 times - inconsistent

  • used control group

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what did Moscovici’s study find

control group - 0.25% responses were green

experimental group - 1.25% green with confeds inconsistent answers

8.43% green when they were consistent

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what did Moscovici’s study show

shows the three processes involved in minority influence

  • consistency

  • commitment

  • flexibility

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what is important for the success of minority influence

  • commitment

  • consistency

  • flexibility

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what is called as the minority becomes the majority

due to the snowball effect