Accession Number : AD0684816

Title :   GROUP NORMS AND DISSONANCE REDUCTION IN BELIEF, BEHAVIOR, AND JUDGMENT

Descriptive Note : Technical rept.

Corporate Author : CALIFORNIA UNIV LOS ANGELES DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Personal Author(s) : Raven, Bertram H. ; Anthony, Edwin ; Mansson, Helge H.

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Report Date : 20 DEC 1960

Pagination or Media Count : 25

Abstract : Forty-four female subjects met in groups of four, each in a separate booth, and were asked to report whether or not they received 'ESP images' which were presumably projected by a 'sender' in another room. Half the Ss, in a control condition, were unaware of the responses of others. For the others, in the experimental condition, a device similar to that utilized by Deutsch and Gerard gave each subject the impression that the other three Ss had received images on 23 of 30 trials. It was found that, particularly, in the control condition, reported reception of ESP images was a function of one's initial belief in ESP. The experimental situation was analyzed in terms of a theory of dissonance reduction.

Descriptors :   *GROUP DYNAMICS, PERFORMANCE(HUMAN), BEHAVIOR, APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, QUESTIONNAIRES, FEMALES, PARAPSYCHOLOGY.

Subject Categories : PSYCHOLOGY

Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

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