Representation sociale et theorie de l'engagement
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Abstract EN:
As a social representation is known to be parted into central and peripherical systems (abric, 1994 ; flament, 1994) its evolution has been experimentaly studied in a first research by questionning peripheral system elements through a committing act and a forced compliance situation (kiesler, 1971 ; beauvois et joule, 1981). In a short term, that is immediatly after the experimental handling a central system modification with a return one month later to be balanced state has been found. By contrast, peripheral elements are modified both in the short and long term. In a second research peripheral and central elements have been questionned by individual as wellas group of committed subjects. Results revealed a central system stability whereas the peripheral system is modified. The first and the second researches results underpin the theorical assumptions which defended the idea that the peripheral system can be modified more easily than the central system. As to conclud, social representation remains stable and it is hard to modify it in experimental situation.
Abstract FR:
Sachant qu'une representation sociale se decompose en systemes central et peripherique (abric, 1994 ; flament, 1994) on a etudie experimentalement son evolution en mettant en cause par un acte engageant, en situation de soumission forcee (kiesler, 1971 ; beauvois et joule, 1981) des elements du systeme peripherique dans une premiere recherche. On constate a court terme, c'est-a-dire juste apres la manipulation experimentale, une modification du systeme central avec un retour a l'equilibre un mois plus tard. Par contre les elements peripheriques subissent des modifications a court et long terme. Dans une seconde recherche ont ete mis en cause des elements de la peripherie et du systeme central par des sujets engages individuellement ou en groupe. Les resultats montrent une stabilite du systeme central et des modifications au niveau de la peripherie. Les resultats des deux recherches confirment les presupposes de la theorie selon laquelle la peripherie est plus facilement modifiable que le systeme central. On conclut a la stabilite de la representation sociale et a la difficulte en situation experimentale de la modifier.