Compliance and Value Internalization in Brazil and the U.S.: Effects of Allocentrism and Anonymity.

Bontempo, Robert; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ411281

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Publication Date: 1990

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Compliance and Value Internalization in Brazil and the U.S.: Effects of Allocentrism and Anonymity.

Bontempo, Robert; And Others

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, v21 n2 p200-13 Jun 1990

Analyzes responses of Brazilian and American students to measures of behavioral intention, perceived norms, and feelings regarding prosocial behaviors in both public and anonymous conditions. Concludes that Brazilians had internalized ingroup norms but that Americans had complied with norms because of social desirability pressures. (FMW)

Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Compliance (Psychology), Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Prosocial Behavior, Resistance (Psychology), Social Behavior, Social Control, Social Differences, Social Values

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Brazil; United States

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