Motivated social cognition: need for closure effects on memory and judgment

Article Abstract:

Dispositional need for closure greatly influences the way social groups are perceived and judged. Experiment one shows that subjects high in need for closure recall relatively more stereotype-consistent information about a group of soccer hooligans. Subjects low in need for closure recall more inconsistent information. Subjects high in need for closure also perceived the target group as more homogeneous and judged them more stereotypically. The results of experiment two were similar to experiment one. Here, nurses formed the target group and the stimulus set was more complex.

Evaluation, Memory, Judgment, Judgment (Psychology)

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The knife that cuts both ways: facilitated and inhibited access to traits as a result of stereotype activation

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Facilitatory and inhibitory effects of stereotype activation studied in three experiments show that stereotype activation increases the retrieval probability of consistent traits. The retrieval probability of inconsistent traits, however, decreases actively. Primed subjects are compared to no-prime control subjects on consistent, inconsistent, and irrelevant traits. Stereotype, which makes some information more accessible, increases its impact on perception and interpretation. The dual mechanisms of stereotype activation may also explain the rigidity of stereotypes.

Impression formation (Psychology), Personality, Personality (Psychology)

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Behavioral indecision: effects of self-focus on automatic behavior

Article Abstract:

Individuals often use stereotypes to make judgments about their social environment and adjust their behavior. The effects of stereotype activation can be reduced by focusing conscious attention on this behavior.

Netherlands, Statistical Data Included, Research, Influence, Interpersonal relations, Attention (Psychology)

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