Demonstrating Dynamic Social Impact: Consolidation, Clustering, Correlation, and (Sometimes) the Correct Answer.

Harton, Helen C.; Green, Laura R.; Jackson, Craig; Latane, Bibb

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ERIC Number: EJ558909

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Demonstrating Dynamic Social Impact: Consolidation, Clustering, Correlation, and (Sometimes) the Correct Answer.

Harton, Helen C.; Green, Laura R.; Jackson, Craig; Latane, Bibb

Teaching of Psychology, v25 n1 p31-35 1998

Describes an in-class exercise using students' discussion of their answers on a multiple choice test to demonstrate the powerful effects and pervasiveness of social influence. After a brief multiple choice test, students discuss their answers with their neighbors and then answer again. Similar response patterns emerge among the participants. (MJP)

Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Correlation, Demonstrations (Educational), Group Behavior, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics, Group Experience, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests, Objective Tests, Peer Influence, Psychology, Scoring, Social Psychology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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