Expanding the Scope of the Social Response Context Model
Title:
Expanding the Scope of the Social Response Context Model
Author:
MacDonald, Geoff Nail, Paul R. Levy, David A.
Appeared in:
Basic and applied social psychology
Paging:
Volume 26 (2004) nr. 1 pages 77-92
Year:
2004-03-01
Contents:
Descriptive models of social response are concerned with identifying and discriminating between different types of response to social influence. In a previous article (Nail, MacDonald, & Levy, 2000), the authors demonstrated that 4 conceptual dimensions are necessary to adequately distinguish between such phenomena as conformity, compliance, contagion, independence, and anticonformity in a single model. This article expands the scope of the authors' 4-dimensional approach by reviewing selected experimental and cultural evidence, further demonstrating the integrative power of the model. This review incorporates political psychology, culture and aggression, self-persuasion, group norms, prejudice, impression management, psychotherapy, pluralistic ignorance, bystander intervention/nonintervention, public policy, close relationships, and implicit attitudes.