48 college students filled out a 14-item Survey of Attitudes and subsequently received an attitude survey purportedly representing the attitudes and opinions held by most of the members of a small work-group which evidenced either 14% or 86% agreement with each S's own views. Ss then filled out a Group Judgment Scale for their evaluations of the stimulus groups. The hypothesized effect of person-group attitude similarity on one's desire for leadership status in the group (enjoy functioning in a leadership capacity and perceived ease of functioning effectively in a leadership position) was confirmed.
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