Mizuno K, Hashimoto T
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Doshisha University, Kyoto.
Shinrigaku Kenkyu. 1992 Dec;63(5):341-5. doi: 10.4992/jjpsy.63.341.
The present study investigated the determinant of compliant conforming behaviour from the view-point of the self-monitoring. Subjects, who were classified into High Self-Monitors (HSM) and Low Self-Monitors (LSM), participated in the experiment in which they had a task to distinguish the size of two circles. About the half of subjects performed the task with confederates. In eight of 13 trials, confederates had mistaken distinctions intentionally. The results showed HSM were more conformable to confederates than LSM for male subjects. HSM seemed to conform themselves to confederates easily, because their behaviour was guided by external cues. By contrast, LSM would conform themselves with difficulty, because their behaviour was guided by their internal states. But there were no significant differences for female subjects, and the ability of self-monitoring was considered as the less explanatory determinant for conformity in this experiment.
本研究从自我监控的角度调查了顺从一致行为的决定因素。被分为高自我监控者（HSM）和低自我监控者（LSM）的受试者参与了一项实验，他们的任务是辨别两个圆圈的大小。大约一半的受试者与同谋一起完成任务。在13次试验中的8次，同谋故意做出错误的辨别。结果显示，对于男性受试者，高自我监控者比低自我监控者更易顺从同谋。高自我监控者似乎很容易使自己顺从同谋，因为他们的行为受外部线索引导。相比之下，低自我监控者则很难顺从，因为他们的行为受自身内部状态引导。但女性受试者之间没有显著差异，并且在本实验中，自我监控能力被认为是对顺从行为解释力较弱的决定因素。
