Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Surveys02:16

Surveys

16.6K
Often, psychologists develop surveys as a means of gathering data. Surveys are lists of questions to be answered by research participants, and can be delivered as paper-and-pencil questionnaires, administered electronically, or conducted verbally. Generally, the survey itself can be completed in a short time, and the ease of administering a survey makes it easy to collect data from a large number of people.
16.6K
Parenting Styles01:27

Parenting Styles

598
Diana Baumrind's four parenting styles — authoritarian, authoritative, neglectful, and permissive — each influence children's socio-emotional development differently.
Authoritarian Parenting
This style is strict and controlling, with little room for open dialogue. Authoritarian parents demand obedience and often enforce rules with minimal warmth. Children raised this way may lack social skills and initiative, usually comparing themselves to others unfavorably.
Authoritative...
598
Attitudes01:54

Attitudes

32.7K
Attitude is our evaluation of a person, an idea, or an object. We have attitudes for many things ranging from products that we might pick up in the supermarket to people around the world to political policies. Typically, attitudes are favorable or unfavorable: positive or negative (Eagly & Chaiken, 1993). And, they have three components: an affective component (feelings), a behavioral component (the effect of the attitude on behavior), and a cognitive component (belief and knowledge;...
32.7K
Obedience01:08

Obedience

35.2K
According to obedience research, we may harm others under the forceful pressures of an authority figure (Milgram, 1974). How about if the inappropriate orders were delivered with less force? The increasing interdependence between nurses and physicians compelled Hofling and his colleagues to explore nurses’ reactions to a potentially harmful medical request made by the perceived authority figure, the doctor (Hofling, Brotzman, Dalrymple, Graves, & Pierce, 1966). In this situation,...
35.2K
Milgram's Obedience to Authority02:20

Milgram's Obedience to Authority

7.2K
Obedience to authority is classically demonstrated in a more famous series of social psychology experiments performed by Stanley Milgram. He was a social psychology professor at Yale who was influenced by the trial of Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi war criminal. Eichmann’s defense for the atrocities he committed was that he was “just following orders.”
7.2K
Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination02:55

Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

95.0K
Humans are very diverse and although we share many similarities, we also have many differences. The social groups we belong to help form our identities (Tajfel, 1974). These differences may be difficult for some people to reconcile, which may lead to prejudice toward people who are different. Prejudice is a negative attitude and feeling toward an individual based solely on one’s membership in a particular social group (Allport, 1954; Brown, 2010). Prejudice is common against people who...
95.0K

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Psychosocial aspects of RUNX1-familial platelet disorder in adolescents and young adults: "The fear of knowing it could happen sometime down the road".

Journal of genetic counseling·2026
Same author

How we Investigate Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes in Pediatric Patients.

Pediatric hematology and oncology·2026
Same author

Restricting glycine uptake with bitopertin improves erythropoiesis in preclinical models of Diamond-Blackfan anemia.

Blood. Red cells & iron·2026
Same author

Anchoring the anchor: judgments of both items assimilate in item-based anchoring.

Cognitive psychology·2026
Same author

The Inflation Illusion: How New Zealand Households Overestimate Increases in Food Prices.

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand·2026
Same author

Correspondence on "ACMG SF v3.3 list for reporting of secondary findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing: A policy statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)" by Lee et al.

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics·2026

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jan 18, 2026

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses
06:42

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses

Published on: September 28, 2018

12.1K

An authoritarianism-compatible text changes British attitudes towards EU immigration.

Tessa Buchanan1, David J Young2, James Ackland2

  • 1Political Psychology Lab, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Tmb72@cam.ac.uk.

Scientific Reports
|September 12, 2025
PubMed
Summary

Exposure to authoritarianism-compatible texts can positively influence British attitudes towards EU immigration. This study shows persuasion is possible on contentious immigration issues, especially with culturally similar immigrants.

More Related Videos

Choice and No-Choice Assays for Testing the Resistance of A. thaliana to Chewing Insects
08:24

Choice and No-Choice Assays for Testing the Resistance of A. thaliana to Chewing Insects

Published on: May 14, 2008

17.6K
Author Spotlight: Investigating the Tolerance of Cabbage Butterflies to Urban Pollutants
08:08

Author Spotlight: Investigating the Tolerance of Cabbage Butterflies to Urban Pollutants

Published on: August 18, 2023

5.3K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jan 18, 2026

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses
06:42

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses

Published on: September 28, 2018

12.1K
Choice and No-Choice Assays for Testing the Resistance of A. thaliana to Chewing Insects
08:24

Choice and No-Choice Assays for Testing the Resistance of A. thaliana to Chewing Insects

Published on: May 14, 2008

17.6K
Author Spotlight: Investigating the Tolerance of Cabbage Butterflies to Urban Pollutants
08:08

Author Spotlight: Investigating the Tolerance of Cabbage Butterflies to Urban Pollutants

Published on: August 18, 2023

5.3K

Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Political Science
  • Migration Studies

Background:

  • Immigration remains a significant political issue, particularly in election years.
  • Understanding factors influencing public attitudes toward immigration is crucial for policy and social cohesion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if exposure to a specifically framed text can alter British attitudes towards immigration.
  • To examine the effectiveness of authoritarianism-compatible arguments in persuasion.

Main Methods:

  • A study involving 3067 participants representative of the UK population (age, education, gender, politics).
  • Participants were exposed to one of three texts: a control, a low authoritarianism text, or an authoritarianism-compatible text.
  • Attitudes towards EU immigration and perceived shared values with a fictitious EU immigrant were measured.

Main Results:

  • Participants exposed to the authoritarianism-compatible text reported feeling greater shared values with an EU immigrant and held more positive views on EU immigration compared to the control group.
  • While overall immigration attitudes showed some change, differences between the authoritarianism-compatible and low authoritarianism texts were not significant.
  • The findings suggest authoritarianism-compatible framing may be particularly effective for immigration from culturally similar groups.

Conclusions:

  • Persuasion on contentious issues like immigration is achievable through targeted messaging.
  • Authoritarianism-compatible arguments show potential efficacy in influencing attitudes, especially for culturally proximate immigration scenarios.
  • The study highlights the nuanced impact of framing on public opinion regarding immigration.