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PsyBlog: Loudest Voice = Majority Opinion

thedogthatsbig rated 15 months ago
From the page: "New research reveals even if only one member of a group repeats their opinion, it is more likely to be seen by others as representative of the whole group. In fact, if one person in a group repeats the same opinion three times, it has 90% of the effect of three different people ...

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museiskum rated 7 months ago
Interesting. Its application to mass media makes me nervous, goodness knows they love to shout the same useless stuff over and over
applznorngz rated 11 months ago
"Our strange brains" as my mother always said... "Speak Up, Speak Up, Speak Up!!!!! ("or you'll never get Anywhere!")
M-104 rated 15 months ago
What, you think your brain doesn't default to herd mentality?
thedogthatsbig rated 15 months ago
From the page: "New research reveals even if only one member of a group repeats their opinion, it is more likely to be seen by others as representative of the whole group. In fact, if one person in a group repeats the same opinion three times, it has 90% of the effect of three different people in that group expressing the same opinion. When you think about it, that is strange. Indeed, I'm not sure I'd even believe it if I hadn't already read many other psychology studies that point to the illogical and unreasonable ways our minds sometimes work." This explains a lot. By the way, Send me 10 dollars. Send me 10 dollars. Send me 10 dollars.
bdrews rated 15 months ago
Politics in a nutshell.