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than as findings. We feel however, that given the extreme and costly behavior evoked in
totalist groups, even a descriptive consideration of such groups is provocative and
worthwhile.
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think by knowing who you are: Self-categorization and the nature of norm formation, conformity
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Baron, R. S. (2000). Arousal, capacity and intense indoctrination. Personality &Social Psychology
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Baron, R. S., Inman, M., &Kao, C. F. &Logan, H. (1992). Negative emotion and superficial social
Processing. Motivation and Emotion, 16, 323-346.
Baron, R. S., Van Dello, J., &Brunsman, B. (1996). The forgotten variable in conformity research:
The impact of task importance on social influence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
71, 915-927.
Bass, B. M. (1998) Transformational leadership: Industrial, military and educational impact. Mahway,
New Jersey: Erlbaum.
Bodenhausen, G. V. (1993). Emotions, arousal and stereotypic judgments: A heuristic model of affect
and stereotyping. In D. M. Mackie &D. L. Hamilton (Eds.), Affect, cognition and stereotyping
(pp.13-37). New York: Academic Press.
Bond R. &Smith P. B. (1996). Culture and conformity: A meta-analysis of studies using the Asch‘s
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Charity Frauds Bureau (1974) Final Report of the Children of God to Honerable Louis J. Lefkowitz,
Attorney General of the State of New York. Unpublished report: State of New York.
Darley, J. M. (1966). Fear and social comparison as determinants of conformity behavior. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 4, 73-78.
Davis, D. (1984). The Children of God: The inside story. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing.
Dolinski, D., &Nawrat, R. (1998). ―Fear-then-relief‖ procedure for producing compliance: Beware
when the danger is over. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 34, 27-50.
Eysenck, M. W. (1977). Human memory: Theory, research, and individual differences. Elmsford, NY:
Pergamon Press.
Florian, V., &Mikulincer, M. (1997). Fear of death and judgments of social transgressions: A
multidimensional test of terror management theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
24, 1104-1112.
Forsyth, D. (1999). Group dynamics (3d ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
French, J. R. P., Jr. &Raven B. (1959). The bases of social power. In D. Cartwright (Ed.), Studies in
social power. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research.
Galanter, M. (1989). Cults: Faith, healing, and coercion. Oxford and New York: Oxford University
Press.
Gerstel, D. (1982). Paradise incorporated: Synanon. Novato, CA: Presidio Press.
Hinkle, L. E., &Wolff, H. G. (1956). Communist interrogation and indoctrination. Archives of
Neurology and Psychiatry, 76, 115-74.
Hoffer, E. (1951). The true believer. New York: Mentor.
Hogg, M. A. (2001) A social identity theory of leadership. Personality &Social Psychology Review, 5,
184-300.
Hogg, M. A. (in press). Uncertainty and extremism: Identification with high entitatitivity groups under
conditions of uncertainty. In V. Yzerbyt, C. M. Judd, &O. Corneille (Eds.), The Psychology of
group perception: Contributions to the study of homogeneity, entitativity and essentialism.
Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.
Hogg, M. A., Hains, S. C. &Mason, I. (1998). Identification and leadership in small groups: Salience,
frame of reference, and leader stereotypicality effects on leader evaluations. Journal of
Personality &Social Psychology, 75, 1248-1263.
Hogg M. A. &van Knippenberg, D. (In press). Social identity and leadership processes in groups. In M.
P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
than as findings. We feel however, that given the extreme and costly behavior evoked in
totalist groups, even a descriptive consideration of such groups is provocative and
worthwhile.
References
Abrams, D., Wetherall, M. S., Cochrane, S., Hogg, M. A., &Turner, J. C. (1990). Knowing what to
think by knowing who you are: Self-categorization and the nature of norm formation, conformity
and group polarization. British Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 97-119.
Baron, R. S. (1986). Distraction-conflict theory: Progress and problems. In L. Berkowitz (Ed.),
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 19 (pp. 1-40). New York: Academic Press
Baron, R. S. (2000). Arousal, capacity and intense indoctrination. Personality &Social Psychology
Review, 4, 238-254.
Baron, R. S., Inman, M., &Kao, C. F. &Logan, H. (1992). Negative emotion and superficial social
Processing. Motivation and Emotion, 16, 323-346.
Baron, R. S., Van Dello, J., &Brunsman, B. (1996). The forgotten variable in conformity research:
The impact of task importance on social influence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
71, 915-927.
Bass, B. M. (1998) Transformational leadership: Industrial, military and educational impact. Mahway,
New Jersey: Erlbaum.
Bodenhausen, G. V. (1993). Emotions, arousal and stereotypic judgments: A heuristic model of affect
and stereotyping. In D. M. Mackie &D. L. Hamilton (Eds.), Affect, cognition and stereotyping
(pp.13-37). New York: Academic Press.
Bond R. &Smith P. B. (1996). Culture and conformity: A meta-analysis of studies using the Asch‘s
line judgment task. Psychological Bulletin, 119, 111-137.
Charity Frauds Bureau (1974) Final Report of the Children of God to Honerable Louis J. Lefkowitz,
Attorney General of the State of New York. Unpublished report: State of New York.
Darley, J. M. (1966). Fear and social comparison as determinants of conformity behavior. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 4, 73-78.
Davis, D. (1984). The Children of God: The inside story. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing.
Dolinski, D., &Nawrat, R. (1998). ―Fear-then-relief‖ procedure for producing compliance: Beware
when the danger is over. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 34, 27-50.
Eysenck, M. W. (1977). Human memory: Theory, research, and individual differences. Elmsford, NY:
Pergamon Press.
Florian, V., &Mikulincer, M. (1997). Fear of death and judgments of social transgressions: A
multidimensional test of terror management theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
24, 1104-1112.
Forsyth, D. (1999). Group dynamics (3d ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
French, J. R. P., Jr. &Raven B. (1959). The bases of social power. In D. Cartwright (Ed.), Studies in
social power. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research.
Galanter, M. (1989). Cults: Faith, healing, and coercion. Oxford and New York: Oxford University
Press.
Gerstel, D. (1982). Paradise incorporated: Synanon. Novato, CA: Presidio Press.
Hinkle, L. E., &Wolff, H. G. (1956). Communist interrogation and indoctrination. Archives of
Neurology and Psychiatry, 76, 115-74.
Hoffer, E. (1951). The true believer. New York: Mentor.
Hogg, M. A. (2001) A social identity theory of leadership. Personality &Social Psychology Review, 5,
184-300.
Hogg, M. A. (in press). Uncertainty and extremism: Identification with high entitatitivity groups under
conditions of uncertainty. In V. Yzerbyt, C. M. Judd, &O. Corneille (Eds.), The Psychology of
group perception: Contributions to the study of homogeneity, entitativity and essentialism.
Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.
Hogg, M. A., Hains, S. C. &Mason, I. (1998). Identification and leadership in small groups: Salience,
frame of reference, and leader stereotypicality effects on leader evaluations. Journal of
Personality &Social Psychology, 75, 1248-1263.
Hogg M. A. &van Knippenberg, D. (In press). Social identity and leadership processes in groups. In M.
P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
