The Effect of Severity of Initiation on Liking for a Group.¶
Aronson, E., & Mills, J. (1959). The Effect of Severity of Initiation on Liking for a Group. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59(2), 177-181.
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- Access Friction
- In social groups, initiation rituals, in-group jargon, and long norm-learning apprenticeships impose an entry tax that members no longer pay.
This sourceClassic experiment showing that a costly initiation raises members' valuation of a group — the social-group instance of an entry tax that members, once inside, no longer pay.
- In social groups, initiation rituals, in-group jargon, and long norm-learning apprenticeships impose an entry tax that members no longer pay.
- Cognitive Dissonance
- The post-decision rationalization represents the most common pathway when behavior has been publicly committed [Festinger-Carlsmith 1959]. Observable consequence. The chosen reduction pathway produces observable changes — attitude shift, rationalization, behavior change, information avoidance — predictable from the structure of the dissonance and available pathways.
This sourceCanonical effort-justification paradigm: severe initiation increases liking for the group.
- The post-decision rationalization represents the most common pathway when behavior has been publicly committed [Festinger-Carlsmith 1959]. Observable consequence. The chosen reduction pathway produces observable changes — attitude shift, rationalization, behavior change, information avoidance — predictable from the structure of the dissonance and available pathways.
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