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The Influence of Status on Pedestrians' Failure to Observe a Road-Safety Rule

The Influence of Status on Pedestrians' Failure to Observe a Road-Safety Rule The Journal ofSocial Psvcholoav, 2001,141(3), 413415 Replications and Refinements Under this heading are brief reports of studies providing data that substantiate, disprove, or refine what we think we know. These Notes consist of a summary of the study’s pro- 33 cedure and as mCmy details about the results as space allows. Additional details concerning the results citn be obtained by communi- cating directly with the author. The Influence of Status on Pedestrians’ Failure to Observe a Road-Safety Rule NICOLAS GUEGUEN Luboratoire Gresico Universite‘ de Bretagne-Sud, France NATHALIE PICHOT Luboratoire de Psychologie Sociale Universite‘ de Rennes 2, France LEFKOWITZ, BLAKE, AND MOUTON (1955) found that some pedestrians were more likely not to obey the signals at a crosswalk when following the example of an offender of obviously high status (e.g., wearing a suit, a tie, and a hat) than when following that of an offender of obviously lower status (e.g., wearing dirty, heavy cotton trousers, and a faded tee shirt). The foregoing results may be related to those of McElroy and Morrow (1994): People tended to tolerate the physical nearness of high-status people and to dis- tance themselves from low-status people. Moreover, such differences in behavior may explain why people http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Social Psychology Taylor & Francis

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The Journal ofSocial Psvcholoav, 2001,141(3), 413415 Replications and Refinements Under this heading are brief reports of studies providing data that substantiate, disprove, or refine what we think we know. These Notes consist of a summary of the study’s pro- 33 cedure and as mCmy details about the results as space allows. Additional details concerning the results citn be obtained by communi- cating directly with the author. The Influence of Status on Pedestrians’ Failure to Observe a Road-Safety Rule NICOLAS GUEGUEN Luboratoire Gresico Universite‘ de Bretagne-Sud, France NATHALIE PICHOT Luboratoire de Psychologie Sociale Universite‘ de Rennes 2, France LEFKOWITZ, BLAKE, AND MOUTON (1955) found that some pedestrians were more likely not to obey the signals at a crosswalk when following the example of an offender of obviously high status (e.g., wearing a suit, a tie, and a hat) than when following that of an offender of obviously lower status (e.g., wearing dirty, heavy cotton trousers, and a faded tee shirt). The foregoing results may be related to those of McElroy and Morrow (1994): People tended to tolerate the physical nearness of high-status people and to dis- tance themselves from low-status people. Moreover, such differences in behavior may explain why people

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Published: Jun 1, 2001

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