On-line and memory-based processes in group variability judgments

Article Abstract:

Two experiments exploring on-line and memory processes in group variability judgments were conducted. The first experiment explored the difference in speed between group variability judgments and on-line and memory-based judgments. The second experiment explored the phenomenon of the prediction of latency and extremity of variability judgments on the amount of similarity information that was remembered. Results indicate that variability judgments took longer to formulate than on-line judgments and that in-group variability judgments were quicker to formulate than out-group variability judgments.

Social groups, Individual differences, Individual differences (Psychology)

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Direction of comparison asymmetries in relational judgment: the role of linguistic norms

Article Abstract:

Research indicates that linguistic norms may influence asymmetrical relational judgements. Earlier studies of asymmetry in relational judgements have shown that English speakers expect the referent in the judgement to be better-known or more important than the subject. Research in which participants assessed relational statements indicates that sentences which do not follow this norm are not so clear. The degree of clarity due to this effect appears to influence the magnitude of relational judgements independently of the basic feature-matching model.

Sociolinguistics

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Affective determinants of counterfactual thinking

Article Abstract:

Two experiments were conducted among undergraduate students on the affective predictors of counterfactual thinking. One experiment tested whether affect is the more fundamental determining parameter, while the other experiment investigated whether normality predicts counterfactual content or activation. The results revealed that the subjects had greater propensity to change extraordinary rather than ordinary prior actions, thereby highlighting the significance of conceptually segregating counterfactual generation into content and activation.

Psychological aspects, Analysis, College students, Expectation (Psychology), Expectations, Counterfactuals (Logic), Affect (Psychology), Thought and thinking, Thinking, Content (Psychology), Mental content

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