Perceiving individuals and groups as coherent: how do perceivers make sense of variable behavior?
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Inconsistent behavior a person display across different situations and still be perceived as coherent person is investigated. Various experiments in which participants read about a target person whose behavior across eight situations varied randomly or covaried systematically with goal-relevant situations were conducted and the results were verified as regards the causes of such irregular social behavior.
Publication Name: Social Cognition
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-016X
Year: 2003
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When social context matters: the influence of long-term contact and short-term exposure to admired outgroup members on implicit attitudes and behavioral intentions
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The study explores the combined influence of short-term situational exposure to admired outgroup members and individual differences in prior long-term contact on implicit attitudes and discriminatory behavioral intentions.
Publication Name: Social Cognition
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-016X
Year: 2008
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Changing past behavior without means of a time machine: effects on future behavioral decisions
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Four tests based on the ease of retrieval effect are conducted to better understand the cognitive mediation of past behavior. The significances of the findings are discussed.
Publication Name: Social Cognition
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-016X
Year: 2007
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