| A Nonconformist Interpretation of the Asch Experiments: Values, Pragmatics, and Moral Dilemmas |
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Bert H. Hodges, Gordon College
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Anne Geyer, Case Western Reserve University
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Saturday May 31, 2003;
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Grand Hall East
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Primary Subject: Personality/Social
Secondary Subject: General
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Abstract:
Asch's (1951) studies of majority influence hardly seem a hot topic, but it is believed that neither Asch nor others have captured the studies' moral and social complexities. A new theoretical approach illuminates average participants' behavior as "localized error to realize larger truth," and offers alternative predictions to conformist accounts.
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