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Longus, Pharnal – Journal of Black Studies, 1976
Results indicate that students who blame the system for black disadvantages will be more likely to participate in collective behavior. Individuals who blame the system and are high in personal control are also more likely to participate in collective behavior. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Black Education, Change Agents, College Students, Group Behavior

Alderton, Steven M. – Communication Quarterly, 1982
Focuses on personality as a predispositional factor which is predictive of the direction of both persuasive argumentation by group members and, subsequently, decision shifting. Tends to validate the value theory of polarization by showing that persuasive argumentation can mediate the effect of personality on decisional shifting. (PD)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Decision Making, Group Behavior, Group Discussion