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Read Chapter 9 in Social Psychology.
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https://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/ww-norton/2018/social-psychology_5e.php
Although they are distinct compliance strategies, the “that’s not all” and “door in the face” techniques share a common mechanism. What is it, and how does it work in each case? Provide examples.
Consider various human rights groups in history and in the present (civil rights movement in the 60s, LGBT rights, women’s voting rights, Black Lives Matter, etc.). What kind of social influence can minority groups exert on the majority? Should their goal be to engage public support or private internalization and acceptance of the arguments among members of the majority?
Read “Studies of Independence and Conformity: I. A Minority of One against A Unanimous Majority” by Asch from Psychological Monographs: General and Applied (1956).
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Read “Conformity” by Gould from Research Starters: Sociology (2017).
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Read "Copy-the-Majority of Instances or Individuals? Two Approaches to the Majority and Their Consequences for Conformist Decision-Making," by Morgan, Acerbi, and van Leeuwen, from PLoS ONE, (2019).
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