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Self-definition, defensive processing, and influence: the normative impact of majority and minority groupsW Wood
Department of Psychology, Texas A and M University, College Station 77843, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 71:1181-93. 1996..These shifts in attitudes were based on participants' interpretations of the attitude issues...
Conformity to sex-typed norms, affect, and the self-conceptW Wood
Department of Psychology, Texas A and M University 77843, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 73:523-35. 1997..e., those involving dominance for men and communion for women) yielded positive feelings and brought their actual self-concepts closer to the standards represented by ought and ideal selves...
Attitude change: persuasion and social influenceW Wood
Department of Psychology, Texas A and M University, College Station 77843, USA
Annu Rev Psychol 51:539-70. 2000..In social influence, the chapter considers how attitudes are embedded in social relations, including social identity theory and majority/minority group influence...
The self-esteem motive in social influence: agreement with valued majorities and disagreement with derogated minoritiesG J Pool
Department of Psychology, Texas A and M University, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 75:967-75. 1998..Participants adopted interpretations of the issues that allowed them to align themselves with valued majorities and differentiate themselves from derogated minorities...
Cognitive dissonance in groups: the consequences of disagreementDavid C Matz
Department of Psychology, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 88:22-37. 2005....
Social norms and identity relevance: a motivational approach to normative behaviorP Niels Christensen
San Diego State University, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 30:1295-309. 2004..The authors suggest that positive emotions and self-evaluations underlie conformity with the norms of self-defining groups...
Forewarned and forearmed? Two meta-analytic syntheses of forewarnings of influence appealsWendy Wood
Department of Psychology, Texas A and M University, College Station 77843, USA
Psychol Bull 129:119-38. 2003....
Habits in everyday life: thought, emotion, and actionWendy Wood
Department of Psychology, Texas A and M University, College Station 77843, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 83:1281-97. 2002..Furthermore, the self-regulatory benefits of habits were apparent in the lesser feelings of stress associated with habitual than nonhabitual behavior...
A cross-cultural analysis of the behavior of women and men: implications for the origins of sex differencesWendy Wood
Department of Psychology, Texas A and M University, College Station 77843, USA
Psychol Bull 128:699-727. 2002..This biosocial approach treats the psychological attributes of women and men as emergent given the evolved characteristics of the sexes, their developmental experiences, and their situated activity in society...
Activity situations on an Alzheimer's disease special care unit and resident environmental interactions, time use, and affectWendy Wood
Division of Occupational Therapy, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 20:105-18. 2005..Findings suggest that routine activity situations may act as potent environmental influences on the quality of life (QOL) of people with AD and mediate the effectiveness of other environmental interventions undertaken on their behalf...
Changing circumstances, disrupting habitsWendy Wood
Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 88:918-33. 2005..Furthermore, regardless of whether contexts changed, nonhabitual behavior was guided by intentions...
Associate editor's note--celebrating the bridge makersWendy Wood
Am J Occup Ther 59:475. 2005
High-intensity environmental light in dementia: effect on sleep and activityPhilip D Sloane
Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1524-33. 2007..To determine whether high-intensity ambient light in public areas of long-term care facilities will improve sleeping patterns and circadian rhythms of persons with dementia...
