Proulx, Arlene E
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Audience: Undergraduate. -- Dissertation: Thesis (B. A.). -- Algoma University, 2004. -- Submitted in partial fulfillment of course requirements for PSYC 4105. -- Includes figures and tables. -- Contents: Literature review / Thesis.
Extraverts and introverts differ in some personality charactearistics that affect conformity. Extraverts and introverts may show differences in levels and types of conformity. In a 2x2 mixed factorial design, differences in conformity rates between extraverts and introverts were examined under high and low pressure conditions. In the high-pressure condition, three confederates gave an incorrect answer, in the low-pressure condition, only one of the three confederates gave the incorrect answer. Participants were from Algoma University (N=36) and rated asextraverted or introverted using the EPI. Participants were asked to view a target object and 3 comparison objects, and then to choose the comparison most similar to the target. Participants' answers were compared to confederate answers for conformity rates. Extraverts conformed more than introverts in both the high and low-pressure conditions. Extraverts conformed more in the high-pressure condition than the low-pressure condition, while introverts conformed equally to both. Participants attributed their conformity to informational social influence more than normative social influence.
