Author: Buss, A. H.; Portnoy, N. W.
Description: GROUPS WERE SCALED FOR STRENGTH OF IDENTIFICATION, AND HIGH, MIDDLE, AND LOW STRENGTHS WERE SELECTED FOR AN EXPERIMENT. MEN WERE TESTED FOR TOLERANCE OF PAIN INDUCED BY ELECTRIC SHOCK. BETWEEN THE 1ST AND 2ND PAIN-TOLERANCE TRIALS THEY WERE GIVEN FALSE NORMS ABOUT THE PAIN TOLERATED BY THEIR REFERENCE GROUP. THESE FALSE NORMS INCREASED PAIN TOLERANCE: THE GREATER THE STRENGTH OF IDENTIFICATION, THE GREATER THE INCREASE IN PAIN TOLERANCE. IN ADDITION TO REFERENCE GROUPS, COMPARISON GROUPS INFLUENCED THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE IN PAIN TOLERANCE.
Subject headings: Adult; Behavior; Concept Formation; Defense Mechanisms; Electroshock; Group Processes; Humans; Male; Motivation; Pain
Publication year: 1967
Journal or book title: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Pages: 106-108
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Serial number: 3981