Social Influence and Perceptual Decision Making: A Diffusion Model Analysis

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 217-231

  Germar, Markus ^a   Schlemmer, Alexander ^a   Krug, Kristine ^b   Voss, Andreas ^c   Mojzisch, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

conformity; diffusion model; motivated reasoning; perceptual decision making; social influence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONFORMITY; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATED REASONING; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL DECISION-MAKING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

CONFORMITY; DIFFUSION MODEL; MOTIVATED REASONING; PERCEPTUAL DECISION-MAKING; SOCIAL INFLUENCE;

COLOR PERCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892406140     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213508985     Document Type: Article

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