ABSTRACT
Social influence has played a central role in social psychology since its inception as a discipline more than 100 years ago (for historical reviews, see Allport, 1954, and Prislin & Crano, 2012). This role is highlighted in the classic definition of social psychology as “an attempt to explain how the thought, feeling, and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of other human beings” (Allport, 1954, p. 5). And it is reinforced by the fact that group influence is one of the central themes of our field (Ross, Lepper, & Ward, 2010).
