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The effects of dissenter position and task difficulty on conformity and response conflict1
William N. Morris,
Robert S. Miller, Scott Spangenberg,
William N. Morris
Dartmouth College
Requests for reprints should be sent to William N. Morris, Department of Psychology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755.
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Robert S. Miller, Scott Spangenberg,
William N. Morris
Dartmouth College
Requests for reprints should be sent to William N. Morris, Department of Psychology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755.
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This research was supported in part by Grant MH 21928 from the National Institute of Mental Health, US Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland. The authors wish to thank Darren L. Newtson for his comments on the manuscript.
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