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Conformist Bias

Conformist Bias is a cognitive tendency in social learning whereby individuals preferentially adopt beliefs, behaviors, or strategies that are more common within their reference group, distinguishing it from other social learning biases by its reliance on popularity rather than prestige, success, or similarity.

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2017–2026

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Publications

78

The Evolution of Conformist Transmission and the Emergence of Between-Group Differences

Joe Henrich, Robert Boyd · Evolution and Human Behavior · 1998 · 1.2K citations

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The Effect of Conformist and Attentive-To-Detail Members on Team Innovation: Reconciling the Innovation Paradox

Ella Miron‐Spektor, Miriam Erez, Eitan Naveh · Academy of Management Journal · 2011 · 376 citations

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“It Gets Better”: Internet memes and the construction of collective identity

Noam Gal, Limor Shifman, Zohar Kampf · New Media & Society · 2015 · 350 citations

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'Lads and Laughter': Humour and the production of heterosexual hierarchies

Mary Jane Kehily, Anoop Nayak · Gender and Education · 1997 · 343 citations

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Gay Macho: The Life and Death of the Homosexual Clone.

Steve Valocchi, Martin P. Levine · Social Forces · 1999 · 339 citations

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Authors

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  1. TJ
    Thomas J. H. Morgan

    Arizona State University, United States

    4 publications · 385 citations

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  2. JC
    Julie C. Coultas

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 164 citations

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  3. EJ
    Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  4. HM
    Hugo Mercier

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 60 citations

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  5. KE
    Kimmo Eriksson

    Mälardalen University, Sweden

    2 publications · 190 citations

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Institutions

96

  1. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    708 citations

  2. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    302 citations

  3. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    313 citations

  4. University of Konstanz

    Konstanz, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    80 citations

  5. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  6. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    67 citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  8. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

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Venues

  1. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 172 citations

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  2. Evolution and Human Behavior

    3 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

    2 publications · 190 citations

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  4. Biology Letters

    2 publications · 193 citations

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  5. Social Problems

    2 publications · 286 citations

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