| Abstract: | A study using the Twelve Angry Men (R. Rose, 1954) paradigm was used to investigate the impact of jury verdicts and numerical minority argumentation on minority influence. Participants were more influenced by the minority when they were given information about majority members defecting to the minority position than when they were not. Although there were no differences among the experimental conditions after the minority's 1st and 2nd arguments, more minority influence occurred when 2 other jurors separately presented the 3rd and 4th minority arguments than when the initial, lone minority singularly presented all of the arguments. The superiority of multiple-source minority argumentation was attributed to multiple sources being viewed as independent or as representing different perspectives. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
