Beyond Conformity: Revisiting Classic Studies and Exploring the Dynamics of Resistance

Rebels in Groups: Dissent, Deviance, Difference and Defiance

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 324-344

  Haslam, S Alexander ^a,c   Reicher, Stephen D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acts of guard aggression emitted simply as a "natural" consequence of being in the uniform of a "guard"; Beyond conformity, revisiting classic studies exploring dynamics of resistance; Conformity bias in social psychology; Conformity bias in social psychology discipline's tendency to generate theories and data that show only how the status quo is reproduced; Mounting resistance strength through shared social identity; Organising resistance and leadership importance; Resistance yielding weakness through fractured social identity; Social identity theory as a theory of social resistance; Social resistance under the microscope The BBC prison study; Stanford prison experiment (SPE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886560973     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444390841.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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