Majority and minority influence : societal meaning and cognitive elaboration / edited by Stamos Papastamou, Antonis Gardikiotis & Gerasimos Prodromitis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Papastamou, Stamos, editor.

Gardikiotis, Antonis, editor.

Prodromitis, Gerasimos, editor.

Series:

Current issues in social psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social influence.

Majorities.

Minorities.

Social groups.

Physical Description:

x, 217 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Antonis Gardikiotis Gardikiotis, Antonis, Gerasimos Prodromitis Prodromitis, Gerasimos, Stamos Papastamou Papastamou, Stamos 1

2 Conversion to active minorities: the chronicle of a successful theory and the uncertain result of a minority influence attempt / Stamos Papastamou Papastamou, Stamos, Antonis Gardikiotis Gardikiotis, Antonis, Gerasimos Prodromitis Prodromitis, Gerasimos 9

3 The context/comparison model of majority and minority influence: different processes, different outcomes / William D. Crano Crano, William D. 47

4 Multiple categorizations and minority influence: an integration of dissociation and self-categorization theories / Alain Quiamzade Quiamzade, Alain, Gabriel Mugny Mugny, Gabriel, Juan Manuel Falomir-Pichastor Falomir-Pichastor, Juan Manuel, Juan Antonio Pérez Pérez, Juan Antonio 72

5 Majority- versus minority source status and persuasion: processes of primary and secondary cognition / Javier Horcajo Horcajo, Javier, Pablo Briñol Briñol, Pablo, Richard E. Petty Petty, Richard E. 98

6 Attitude persistence to persuasive messages: as a function of numerical majority versus minority source status / Robin Martin Martin, Robin, Miles Hewstone Hewstone, Miles 117

7 Mind over matter: target states, not stimulus characteristics, determine information processing in minority influence / Deborah F. Hellmann Hellmann, Deborah F., Nina Dickel Dickel, Nina, Gerd Bohner Bohner, Gerd, Haas-Peter Erb Erb, Haas-Peter 137

8 Influencing people's (negative) attitudes towards active minorities: the case of feminist movements / Fabrizio Butera Butera, Fabrizio, Jean-Pieue Vernet Vernet, Jean-Pieue, Jorge Vala Vala, Jorge 158

9 A case for diversity in research on minority influence / Radmila Prislin Prislin, Radmila, Marisa Crowder Crowder, Marisa, Kristin Donnelly Donnelly, Kristin 173

10 Conclusions / Gerasimos Prodromitis Prodromitis, Gerasimos, Stamos Papastamou Papastamou, Stamos, Antonis Gardikiotis Gardikiotis, Antonis 198.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138954946

1138954942

9781138954991

1138954993

OCLC:

972309050