Sex-Relevance of Content and Influenceability

摘要: Previous studies of conformity as a function the sex-relevance task content were criticized for not including appropriate control conditions. Experiment I used original Sistrunk and McDavid questionnaire obtained results suggesting that knowledge differences might have produced effects they ascribed to conformity. In 2 contemporary was devised assess degree with design controlled differences. Persons (266 males 285 females) responded statements either accompanied by fictitious majority response or not. There no overall sex difference in response. Rather, influence varied item content: Males influenced more feminine, females masculine content. However, moderating relatively small compared across all Knowledge conditions suggested soci...