International Conference on Social Influence to be held at the University of Valencia, Spain, June 16-18, 1990

摘要 人们相互影响的方式一直是 社会心理学自成立以来一直受到关注。 对于许多 多年来，这个国家的研究将社会影响力视为 多数人的意志被灌输到 少数人 最近欧洲的研究集中在 这一想法的恭维，即少数人的方式， 对大多数人的影响。 这项研究产生了一些 有趣的和挑衅性的偏离标准 调查结果。 在少数族裔影响力方面取得了相当大的进展， 发生在欧洲。 在美国， 社会行为的影响力有了很大的增长， 对少数群体的影响进行了专门研究， 似乎涉及的过程与那些 参与到更标准的多数人影响的情况中。 两 欧洲和美国的科学界正处于一个独特的 在理论上相互促进， 方法，并建立研究成果。 这项建议会 让一群美国最优秀的 社会影响力研究人员在一个密集的研讨会上会面 欧洲最好的。 理论和方法上的收获应该 是显着的，并对社会研究的长期影响， 美国和欧洲。 了解影响社会的因素 多数群体和少数群体对多数群体和 少数群体，具有巨大的理论和实践意义， 影响 这项研究应该促进这一进程， 认识

ABSTRACT The ways in which people influence one another has been a central concern of social psychology since its inception. For many years, research in this country has viewed social influence as the process by which the will of the majority is instilled into the minority. Recent European research has focused on the compliment of this idea, namely the ways in which the minority impacts upon the majority. This research has produced some interesting and provocative deviations from the standard findings. Considerable progress on minority influence has occurred in Europe. In the US, knowledge about factors that influence social behavior has grown enormously, but very little research has been done specifically on minority influence, which appears to involve processes somewhat different from those involved in more standard majority influence situations. The two scientific communities in Europe and the US are in a unique position to contribute to one another in terms of theory, methods, and established research findings. This proposal will facilitate this process by allowing a group of America's best social influence researchers to meet in an intensive workshop with Europe's best. The gains in theory and methodology should be remarkable, and have long-term effects on social research in America and Europe. Understanding the factors that affect social influence, of both majority and minority groups, on majority and minority groups, has enormous theoretical and practical implications. This research should foster this process of understanding.