Time perspective, consistency of attitude, and social influence.

"We explored some effects of future perspective with respect to group membership upon the tendency of an individual to conform to the judgments of other group members when confronted with disagreement with them. Expectations were induced of future tasks that would be similar or dissimilar to the present one. Expectations of either continuing or noncontinuing group membership were also manipulated. There was a tendency to reject the others' judgments under both the anticipation of a continuous task and of noncontinuing membership. We also found that the strength of the individual's tendency to yield to the others or to remain adamant was correlated with his self-other evaluation consistency." From Psyc Abstracts 36:04:4GE65G. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)