A number of experiments with dyads and larger groups have been concerned with reactions to variations in level of consensus. The present experiment extends this line of investigation by focusing on shifts from initial agreement to subsequent disagreement, and from initial disagreement to subsequent agreement.nBy means of a simulated dyadic interaction procedure the behavior of partners, as perceived by Ss, was manipulated along two dimensions of response, viz., (a) probability of changing a binary response following initial agreement with S, and (b) probability of changing a binary response follow¬ing initial disagreement with S. By employing two levels of each in combination, four modes of partner response were generated—conformity, independence, anticonformity, and variability. In the conformity condition, for example, the partner usually changed his response following initial dis¬agreement, but usually did not change following initial agreement.
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