Interdependent Sampling and Social Influence.
Most explanations of social influence focus on why individuals might want to agree with the opinions or attitudes of others. The authors propose a different explanation that assumes the attitudes of others influence only the activities and objects individuals are exposed to. For example, individuals...
| Published in: | Psychological Review Vol. 114; no. 2; pp. 398 - 423 |
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American Psychological Association
April 2007
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