Expressing deviant opinions: Believing you are in the majority helps

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 740-747

  Miller, Dale T ^a   Morrison, Kimberly Rios ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviance; Opinion expression; Pluralistic ignorance; Social identity; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650717582     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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