my mind begins to hum...

Informational social influence occurs when one turns to the members of one's group to obtain accurate information. A person is most likely to use informational social influence in three situations: When a situation is ambiguous, people become uncertain about what to do. They are more likely to depend on others for the answer. During a crisis immediate action is necessary, in spite of panic. Looking to other people can help ease fears, but unfortunately they are not always right. The more knowledgeable a person is, the more valuable they are as a resource. Thus people often turn to experts for help. But once again people must be careful, as experts can make mistakes too. Informational social influence often results in internalization or private acceptance, where a person genuinely believes that the information is right.

The Asch conformity experiments, which were published in 1953, were a series of studies that starkly demonstrated the power of conformity in groups. These are also known as the 'Asch Paradigm'. wrote:Experiments led by Solomon Asch asked students to participate in a "vision test." In reality, all but one of the participants were confederates of the experimenter, and the study was really about how the remaining student would react to the confederates' behavior.

The participants â€” the real subject and the confederates â€” were all seated in a classroom where they were told to announce out loud their judgment of the length of several lines drawn on a series of displays. They were asked which line was longer than the other, which were the same length, etc. The confederates had been prearranged to all give an incorrect answer to the tests.

While most subjects answered correctly, many showed extreme discomfort, and a high proportion (32%) conformed to the erroneous majority view of the others in the room when there were at least three confederates present, even when the majority said that two lines different in length by several inches were the same length. When the confederates were not unanimous in their judgment, subjects were much more likely to defect than when the confederates all agreed. Control subjects with no exposure to a majority view had no trouble giving the correct answer.

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:36 pm

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mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:06 pm

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mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:43 pm

why tell a man in a forest and a man on the beach how to live?

the man on the ocean or the man underground might overhear.

who would want the man in the desert do any other but evolve?

and she, like he; chromo... some... why wouldn't they know?

tea is most expensive where there is none.

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:06 pm

the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.

doesn't account for split peas being real

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:49 pm

but what could be sexier than breathing your own breath,
than doing it at a bar?>

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:04 pm

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:23 am

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the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:02 pm

extrasensory/extraphysiognomy/extracurricular
and they're itch'n for a map

the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:09 pm

celtic

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:36 pm

abandoned extreme "realism" in cartoons during the early 1950s

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the fire elf · Post by **the fire elf** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:16 pm

when you are born what you are,
and die what you are,
how could you be any different in between?

cell divides, cell divides, cell divides; sperm/egg well met
organic carbon
the vastness of life lived and impact thereof

... you know?

you know that if you walk faster and breathe slower your body heat becomes more efficient?

better adjusted for cooler weather?

not to mention the yogini's potential

if names are the only way to help you understand from a distance,
sure,
a name or two are dropped

but mistake not

mayavin · Post by **mayavin** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:46 am

Since all but a few ancient bronze statues have been lost or were melted down to reuse the valuable metal, marble copies made during the Roman period provide our primary visual evidence of masterpieces by famous Greek sculptors. Almost all the marble statues in the Mary and Michael Jaharis Gallery at The Metropolitan Museum of Art are Roman copies of bronze statues created by Greek artists some five hundred years earlier, during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.

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