Majority and Minority Influence
Majority and Minority Influence

Author: Stamos Papastamou

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2017-04-07

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1317355725

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Majority and minority influence research examines how groups influence the attitudes, thoughts and behaviours of individuals, groups and society as a whole. This volume collects recent work by an international group of scholars, representing a variety of different theoretical approaches to majority and minority influence. The book provides a thorough evaluation of significant current developments with a particular focus on how active minorities can influence people’s thinking and behaviour, fight against conformity and contribute to real social change. It also discusses the following themes: Social vs. cognitive processes of social influence: cooperation vs. antagonism Majority and minority influence: a singular or a dual socio-psychological process? Conversion vs appropriation of minority ideas Different meta-theoretical considerations underlying social influence research New avenues for future research are presented and many are born from a new integration between influence and persuasion theoretical traditions. By focusing on the societal dimension of social influence this book contributes to filling a theoretical and epistemological gap in the relative literature. It offers a balanced and thorough presentation of the distinct theoretical and epistemological approaches employed by active and important researchers in the field making it essential reading for researchers and upper-level students of social psychology.

Minority Influence and Innovation
Minority Influence and Innovation

Author: Robin Martin

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2009-12-16

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 1135232768

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Social groups form an important part of our daily lives. Within these groups pressures exist which encourage the individual to comply with the group’s viewpoint. This influence, which creates social conformity, is known as ‘majority influence’ and is the dominant process of social control. However, there also exists a ‘minority influence’, which emerges from a small subsection of the group and is a dynamic force for social change. Minority Influence and Innovation seeks to identify the conditions under which minority influence can prevail, to change established norms, stimulate original thinking and help us to see the world in new ways. With chapters written by a range of expert contributors, areas of discussion include: processes and theoretical issues the factors which affect majority and minority influence interactions between majority and minority group members This book offers a thorough evaluation of the most important current developments within this field and presents consideration of the issues that will be at the forefront of future research. As such it will be of interest to theorists and practitioners working in social psychology.

Perspectives on Minority Influence
Perspectives on Minority Influence

Author: Serge Moscovici

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1985-06-27

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13: 9780521246958

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The contributors to this volume examine social processes in terms of minority influence.

Group Processes
Group Processes

Author: Clyde Hendrick

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Published: 1987-09

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13:

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Group Processes reflects the current vitality of this area of social psychology. The contributors both report current research and present stimulating discussions of central conceptual areas in the study of group processes. In conjunction with Volume 9 of this series, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, it covers most of the topical areas currently generating considerable research activity. The two books are companion volumes, and will be indispensable texts for advanced courses in psychology and organizational studies.

The Oxford Handbook of Social Influence
The Oxford Handbook of Social Influence

Author: Stephen G. Harkins

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 0199859876

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The Oxford Handbook of Social Influence restores this important field to its once preeminent position within social psychology. Editors Harkins, Williams, and Burger lead a team of leading scholars as they explore a variety of topics within social influence, seamlessly incorporating a range of analyses (including intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intragroup), and examine critical theories and the role of social influence in applied settings today.

Group Consensus and Minority Influence
Group Consensus and Minority Influence

Author: Carsten K. W. De Dreu

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 2001-05-08

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780631212331

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Written by leading social psychologists from around the world, this timely and innovative book brings together different perspectives on the way people influence each other to achieve consensus, to innovate, or do both.

The SAGE Handbook of Social Psychology
The SAGE Handbook of Social Psychology

Author: Michael A Hogg

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2007-03-26

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1446204774

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`This Volume is everything one would want from a one-volume handbook′ - Choice Magazine In response to market demand, The SAGE Handbook of Social Psychology: Concise Student Edition has been published and represents a slimmer (16 chapters in total), more course focused and student-friendly volume. The editors and authors have also updated all references, provided chapter introductions and summaries and a new Preface outlining the benefits of using the Handbook as an upper level teaching resource. It will prove indispensable reading for all upper level and graduate students studying social psychology.

The Social Psychology of Minority Influence
The Social Psychology of Minority Influence

Author: Gabriel Mugny

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1991-07-26

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0521390540

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Looks at the processes and spread of social innovation, the mechanisms of which are rooted in the conflict that minorities can create in others and introduce into the social system. These innovations give rise initially to discrimination and then to new norms which replace the old ones.