Discovery of the influence of suggestion on the autokinetic effect is often attributed to Adams ( 1912 ), if not others.
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In fact, in Sherif ( 1936 ), one confederate was able to affect the development of a group norm related to the autokinetic effect.
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The topic of his dissertation was social influence in perception, and the experiments have come to be known as the " autokinetic effect " experiments.
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Because the phenomenon of the autokinetic effect is entirely a product of a person's own perceptual system, this study is evidence of how the social world pierces the person's skin, and affects the way they understand their own physical and psychological sensations.