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  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • The Prototypical Majority Effect (PME) describes how majority views are reported with greater confidence and fluency than minority views.
  • While often attributed to conformity, research suggests PME can arise independently of social influence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the Prototypical Majority Effect (PME) under varying degrees of social influence.
  • To differentiate between externally driven and internally driven components of the PME.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Assessed PME with and without explicit information about majority views.
  • Experiment 2: Examined PME in minority-biased and majority-biased conditions, manipulating perceived majority status.

Main Results:

  • A robust PME was observed even without information on majority views.
  • Providing information about majority views increased PME.
  • PME was stronger in majority-biased conditions and emerged even when participants believed the majority was the minority.

Conclusions:

  • The Prototypical Majority Effect (PME) is influenced by social factors.
  • A dual-process view is proposed, where PME under social influence comprises both externally and internally driven components.