Question

This process’s namesake matrix includes source, message, and channel variables. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this process. Robert Cialdini tested the "door-in-the-face" strategy and included social proof as one of six principles of this process.
ANSWER: persuasion [or word forms such as persuading; accept persuasion matrix; accept attitude influence or attitude change; prompt on influence or word forms]
[10e] Social proof exemplifies this phenomenon in which people choose to "fit in." A Solomon Asch experiment involving three lines found that this phenomenon can override individual judgment.
ANSWER: conformity [accept word forms like conforming]
[10m] Muzafer Sherif studied conformity in this experiment that helped develop realistic conflict theory. This experiment divided 22 boys into two groups in a namesake Oklahoma park.
ANSWER: Robbers Cave experiment [or Robbers Cave study]
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