Group consensus in social influence: Type of consensus information as a moderator of majority and minority influence

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1163-1174

  Gardikiotis, Antonis ^a   Martin, Robin ^b   Hewstone, Miles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group consensus; Minority influence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GREECE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THINKING;

EID: 24344504573     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205277807     Document Type: Article

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