Abstract
A study was conducted to test the reasoning that two types of dispositional self-consciousness would be associated with two different influences on compliance behavior. The study utilized a paradigm in which subjects are induced to make incorrect responses on a perceptual task by means of simulated group pressure. Based upon results of previous research, the following predictions were made: that private self-consciousness-the disposition to be conscious of one's thoughts, feeling, and covert self-aspects-would be inversely correlated with compliance; and that public self-consciousness-the disposition to be conscious of one's social self-aspects-would be positively correlated with compliance. The data from the study provided support for both of these predictions. Discussion centers on the theoretical implications of these findings.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 159-171 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Research in Personality |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1981 |
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Divergent influences of private and public self-consciousness in a compliance paradigm. / Froming, William J.; Carver, Charles S.
In: Journal of Research in Personality, Vol. 15, No. 2, 01.01.1981, p. 159-171.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AB - A study was conducted to test the reasoning that two types of dispositional self-consciousness would be associated with two different influences on compliance behavior. The study utilized a paradigm in which subjects are induced to make incorrect responses on a perceptual task by means of simulated group pressure. Based upon results of previous research, the following predictions were made: that private self-consciousness-the disposition to be conscious of one's thoughts, feeling, and covert self-aspects-would be inversely correlated with compliance; and that public self-consciousness-the disposition to be conscious of one's social self-aspects-would be positively correlated with compliance. The data from the study provided support for both of these predictions. Discussion centers on the theoretical implications of these findings.
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