Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
Loading next page...
/lp/american-psychological-association/conformity-status-and-idiosyncrasy-credit-8UrDQwiDiX
References
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1958 American Psychological Association
- ISSN
- 0033-295x
- eISSN
- 1939-1471
- DOI
- 10.1037/h0042501
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
"Beginning with the consideration that social behavior depends upon attributes of the individual, conditions of the situation, and inputs to a dynamic system arising from their interaction, a theoretical conception relating conformity and status is presented. The major mediating construct introduced is "idiosyncrasy credit,' taken to be an index of status, in the operational sense of permitting deviations from common "expectancies' of the group. Credits are postulated to increase or decrease as a function of the group's perception of the individual's task performance and generalized characteristics, and of his "idiosyncratic behavior.' Though increases in credit are seen to permit greater latitude for idiosyncratic behavior, motivational and perceptual states of the individual, and group-level phenomena, are also considered." 23 references.
Journal
Psychological Review – American Psychological Association
Published: Mar 1, 1958