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University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

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1962

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A Study Of The Relationship Between Dogmatism And Ethos, Joseph Stephen Collins Jan 1962

A Study Of The Relationship Between Dogmatism And Ethos, Joseph Stephen Collins

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

William Brigance in his Speech, Its Techniques and Disciplines in a Free Society reports the German psychologist Zillig’s experiment wherein ten pupils were apparently selected at random, placed in front of their classmates, and asked to follow simple instructions, i.e., “Raise your right hands.” The other members of the class were instructed to carefully judge each performing student on his ability to follow directions. In actuality, the selection of the ten students had been determined some weeks prior to the experiment when a secret vote had been conducted among members of the class to identify the “most liked” and “least …