Does rejection elicit hostility in rejection sensitive women?

Article Abstract:

The role of rejection sensitivity in fostering hostility in women has been examined. Rejection sensitivity is the tendency of women to anxiously expect, readily perceive and overreact to rejections. Results of three studies indicate that hostility is the specific response of women to perceived rejection. Rejection resulted in greater hostility in women with high rejection (HRS) expectations. HRS women made less positive assessments of their prospective partners after being rejected by a potential dating partner. They were also more likely to have conflicts with their partners after experiencing rejection the day before.

Psychological aspects, Women, Interpersonal relations, Aggressiveness (Psychology), Hostility (Psychology), Hostility, Rejection (Psychology)

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Dispositional and behavioral inferences about inherently democratic and unanimous groups

Article Abstract:

A process model of inferences about groups is supported by three experiments. The model suggests that perceivers make an initial characterization, then correct according to whether the group is inherently democratic or unanimous. For democratic groups, a further correction is made for the decision rule employed by the group. The inherently democratic groups require correction to account for heterogeneity of opinion within the group. Knowledge of the group's decision rule allows an inference to be made about the degree of internal support for the group's decisions.

Social aspects, Public opinion, Social groups, Inference

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Discriminative facility in social competence: conditional versus dispositional encoding and monitoring-blunting of information

Article Abstract:

Discriminative facility is the basic component in information processing, social intelligence and adaptive behaviour that relates to one's sensitivity to the needs, thoughts, and feelings of others in social situations. Relating discriminative facility to social competence in daily interactions, a study shows discriminative conditional encoding to be positively related to quality social behaviour while a second study shows the usefulness of discriminative facility in selecting monitoring or blunting strategies in stressful situations.

Evaluation, Social intelligence, Personality and social intelligence, Personality (Psychology)

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