Data_Sheet_1_The group dynamics sparking social change: how group value in diversity predicts interactions with a deviant.DOCX

Deviants are pivotal to sparking social change but their influence is often hindered by group dynamics that serve to maintain the status quo. This paper examines the influence of a group's value in diversity in deviant's ability to spark social change, with a unique focus on the experience and anticipation of group dynamics that enable minority influence. Hypotheses were tested in three studies (NTotal = 674), which varied in their use of ad-hoc conversation groups or existing friend groups, and whether deviants were newcomers, or existing group members. We demonstrated social influence of a vegan deviant increased to the extent that participants perceived their group to value diversity. Furthermore, group value in diversity related to experienced and anticipated group dynamics that enabled minority influence: decreased conformity pressure, increased attentive listening, and, importantly, an increased search for agreement with the deviant. We discuss the importance of studying group dynamics for understanding what valuing diversity entails.

异见者在激发社会变革中扮演着至关重要的角色，然而，其影响力常常受到旨在维持现状的群体动态的制约。本研究探讨了群体对于多样性的价值观如何影响异见者激发社会变革的能力，并特别关注了群体动态的经验与预期，这些动态能够促成少数群体的影响力。在三个研究（总样本数NTotal = 674）中，我们测试了假设，这些研究在采用临时对话群体或现有朋友群体方面存在差异，以及异见者是新成员还是现有群体成员。我们发现，当参与者感知到他们的群体重视多样性时，素食主义异见者的社会影响力显著提升。此外，与多样性相关的群体价值观与促进少数群体影响力的经验与预期群体动态相关：降低一致性压力，增加专注倾听，更重要的是，增加与异见者寻求共识的搜索。我们讨论了研究群体动态对于理解重视多样性所蕴含意义的重要性。