Minority Influence (Nelson-Hall Series in Psychology)

By Adam Smith, Germain Garnier, Adam Garnier

Book Overview

Twenty-one European and American researchers contribute their thoughts on a variety of topics relating to minority influence. The authors grapple such issues as the power of minorities to provide social change; the minorities' capacity to induce divergent thinking; group polarization; the place of historical method and the importance of field study. Contributions are grouped into three sections representing theory, limits of study, and methods. Some examples: In part one, Crano analyzes the role of social comparison processes and provides an integrative model. In part two, Worchel argues that groups evolve over time in a predictable manner and that the impact of the minority will depend on the stage of group development. In part three, Personnaz and Personnaz explain the importance of the spectrometer method.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830412816
• ISBN13: 9780830412815
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"