Logical Error as a Function of Group Consensus: An Experimental Study of the Effect of Erroneous Group Consensus upon the Logical Judgments of Graduate Students
Social ForcesPublished 1 October 1964
Vernon H. Edmonds
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Abstract
This is a study of the effect of varying degrees of consensus upon compliance with an erroneous majority. Results indicate that the probability of complying with a majority is a direct positively accelerated function of group consensus. Anxiety level, educational level and occupational class of father were significantly related with compliance; whereas logical training, age, church attendance, sex and certainty of one's judgment were not significantly related.
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