Attitudes as adjustments to stimulus, background, and residual factors.

"Statements concerning war and peace were judged under simulated group conditions and in an alone condition… . When individuals are exposed to the opinions of others with regard to statements concerning war and peace, it is found that their own expressed attitudes shift more or less markedly toward group opinion. It is also found that the more frequently individuals respond to background influences, the larger is their shift toward or away from the group. Both the frequency and amount of shift from alone opinion toward background judgments correlate with degree of submissiveness as measured by the Allport A-S Reaction Study." 19 references. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)