University:
Boston University
Course:
CAS PS 101 | General Psychology
Academic year:

2024
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340

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4
Author:

Triston Franco

Appendix: Strong trial 1 script examples Study 1: Narrator: Mrs. Red, what is that for? Mrs. Red: This is for holding an egg so it doesn’t roll. Narrator: Mrs. Blue, what is that for? Mrs. Blue: This is for drinking. Narrator: Mrs. White, what is that for? Mrs. White: This is for drinking Study 2: Narrator: Mrs. Red, what is that for? Mrs. Red: This is for holding an egg so it doesn’t roll. (Mrs. Blue and Mrs. White shake their heads in disagreement.) Mrs. Blue: No, this is for drinking. (Mrs. Red shakes her head and Mrs. White nods in agreement.) Mrs. White: I agree with her [Mrs. Blue], this is for drinking. (Mrs. Red shakes her head and Mrs. Blue nods in agreement.) 100 * 84 Mean tendency to agree with majority 90 3-year-olds 4-year-olds 80 64 70 53 53 61 55 60 50 40 * 23 30 !" 15 20 10 0 Weak test Strong test Study 1: Implicit Consensus Weak test Strong test Study 2: Explicit Consensus Figure 1. Three- and four-year-old children’s mean tendency to agree with majority. * Significantly different from chance (50%); p<.001 Table 1. Novel artifacts and functions used in both studies. Trial Function 1 Function 2 Function 3 Getting lumps out of sugar Heating French fries Scooping marbles Weak 1 Pounding fruit Knocking fence posts into the ground Weak 2 Polishing your shoes Cleaning dust off CDs Neutral 2 Covering up your cup of juice so the flies don’t come in Blowing special long bubbles Strong 1 Holding an egg so that it doesn’t roll Drinking Strong 2 Resting your head on when you’re sleeping Cutting out cookies Neutral 1 Picture Painting rainbows Table 2. Number of children who always agreed with the majority (conformists), never agreed with the majority (non-conformists), or agreed with the majority once (ambivalent), on weak (2) and strong (2) conformity tests. Study Age Group Non-conformists Ambivalent Conformists Non-conformists Ambivalent Strong Trials Conformists Weak Trials Study 1: Implicit Consensus 3-year-olds 7 6 7 7 5 8 4-year-olds 5 4 8 1 13 3 Study 2: Explicit Consensus 3-year-olds 16 1 5 11 6 5 4-year-olds 11 5 6 2 14 6