In a study of social influence, girls paired with other girls and girls paired with boys made numerosity judgments of original and transfer displays. Discrepant judgments ostensibly made by the other child were presented only for the original display. The sex of the influence agent did not affect the amount of social influence on that original display but was a factor in generalization of the influenced behavior to new displays. A significantly greater transfer of social influence was shown by girls who had been paired with boys than by girls who had been paired with other girls.
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