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As reported by Asch (1956), an individual who asserts his independence at the outset, in the face of successive disagreement with others, tends, over time, to remain independent. This tendency, it was hypothesized here, is due to the commitment to one's stand when confronting the others publicly. Data were examined from an experiment in which the individual experienced the same sequence of discrepant judgments used by Asch either with or without public confrontation. These data indicate that continued adamance occurs only with public confrontation. Also, with confrontation, the individual who tends to yield to the others does so with greater frequency as compared with the no confrontation situation. This bimodal reaction occurring with confrontation, it was suggested, offers evidence for the effects of a stronger commitment to behavior in a public situation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
