According to Moscovici's Conversion Theory, What Is It About Minority

question 145

Multiple Choice

According to Moscovici's conversion theory, what is it about minority opinions that sometimes allow them to sway the majority?

• A) Minority opinions exert informational, rather than normative, influence.
• B) Minority opinions can be more persuasive because they are more distinctive.
• C) Minority group members are better at employing compliance tactics.
• D) Minority opinions are generally more accurate.

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Definitions:

Booker T. Washington

An influential African American educator, author, and orator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his advocacy of the "Atlanta Compromise."

Vocational Education

A program of study that prepares individuals for specific trades, crafts, and careers at various levels from a trade, a craft, technicians, or a professional position in engineering, accountancy, nursing, medicine, and other healing arts, architecture, pharmacy, law etc.

Tuskegee Institute

A historically black college in Alabama established by Booker T. Washington to provide African Americans with educational and vocational training.