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Perceptual Asymmetry in Consensus Estimates of Majority and Minority Members
Ist Teil von
Journal of personality and social psychology, 2001-04, Vol.80 (4), p.597-612
Ort / Verlag
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
Erscheinungsjahr
2001
Quelle
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Three experiments revealed a consistent pattern of consensus
estimates. Numerical status and group growth or decline were manipulated
between subjects. Growth was manipulated orthogonally to a 3rd
variable: focus. Focus was manipulated by describing growth
information with respect either to the in-group or the out-group
(e.g., in-group growth and out-group
decline). A Numerical Status × Focus interaction emerged in
Study 1. Numerical minority members' consensus estimates for an
opinion issue increased when growth information was out-group
focused, whereas majority members' estimates did not differ as a
function of the focus variable. Study 2 replicated these effects across
other opinion dimensions. Study 3 confirmed the importance of the growth
and focus variables in the absence of numerical status
manipulations.