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ERIC Number: EJ558909
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6283
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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