Spee Kosloff, S. Irish, L. Perreault, Gabrial T. Anderson, Alexandra Nottbohm
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Abstract
Abstract The present study investigated associations between personality and conformity. Early work on this subject employed impactful, experimentally realistic procedures to induce conformity, yet lacked valid personality assessment. Conversely, contemporary work used valid personality assessment but measured conformity in low-impact settings. The present study combined the strengths of these research eras by measuring conformity in an Asch-like paradigm and testing associations with two well-validated meta-traits (Stability and Plasticity). Participants evaluated the humorousness of unfunny cartoons, either while alone (n = 103) or while surrounded by confederates who gave high scripted humorousness ratings (n = 102). Meta-traits were measured with the NEO Five Factor Inventory-3. The influence of confederates greatly increased participants’ humorousness ratings, especially among individuals higher in the meta-trait Stability.
期刊介绍:
Social Influence is a journal that provides an integrated focus for research into this important, dynamic, and multi-disciplinary field. Topics covered include: conformity, norms, social influence tactics such as norm of reciprocity, authority, scarcity, interpersonal influence, persuasion, power, advertising, mass media effects, political persuasion, propaganda, comparative influence, compliance, minority influence, influence in groups, cultic influence, social movements, social contagions, rumors, resistance to influence, influence across cultures, and the history of influence research.