Minority Influence Forum Task

Moodle Forum Settings

Forum name: being an influential minority

Forum type: standard forum for general use

Other: discussions and replies are allowed

Task description for students:

This week's task is for you to imagine you are a member of one of the following minority groups: 

(1) The Flat Earth Society (who believe the earth is flat) 

(2) The Alien Infiltration Defence League (who think that many of the people walking the earth are aliens in disguise) 

(3) The Corduroy Club (who think that corduroy clothes are the coolest thing ever, especially if they are beige) 

What you have to do is use psychological information to explain how you would go about trying to recruit members to your minority group.  It is important that you justify your decisions with psychological material from research studies and theories of minority influence.  You could also refer to factors that affect how influential a minority is. 

Your plan should be written up as a discussion topic in this forum.

The rules:

You can use whatever sources of information you like as long as they are credible psychological sources (this might include your textbook, your class notes and handouts but could also include material gathered from websites etc.) 

You can work together in groups of up to four but everyone must contribute.  For example, one person might post a general plan and three other group members might post additional ideas as replies.  Everyone must post something. 

You should read the ideas of other group members and, if you wish to comment or contribute via a reply, please do so.  However, please keep things polite.