Autobiography, reputation, and the self: on the role of evaluative valence and self-consistency of the self-relevant information

Article Abstract:

This article examines the effects of social reputation and behavioral information on subsequent self-descriptiveness judgements. Results indicate that priming using self-consistent social information facilitated personal trait judgements while inconsistent information did not affect self-descriptive responses when compared to controls.

Psychological aspects, Self-perception, Judgment, Judgment (Psychology), Self-evaluation, Self evaluation, Self perception

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Affective priming of pronunciation responses: effects of target degradation

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This article examines the effect of affective primes on the subsequent pronunciation of words with different or similar valence. Results indicate that participants demonstrated shorter reaction times when the prime and target words had the same valence and the target word was presented in a visually degraded form.

United Kingdom, Belgium, Attitudes, Psycholinguistics, Affect (Psychology), Attitude (Psychology)

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P300 as an index of attention to self-relevant stimuli

Article Abstract:

Collecting new information from countless sources, all within the constraints of a limited processing capacity is difficult. The P300, an event-related potential (ERP) component that provides an index of attentional resources, evoked by autobiographical self -relevant stimuli is assessed.

Science & research

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