Reflections on reputation in the process of self-evaluation
Article Abstract:
Most people tend to recall past behavior in their attempt to attribute personality traits to themselves. Three experiments involving self-evaluation and reputation were performed among children and college students. Response latency and memory clues were used to analyze the cognitive processes utilized in all three studies. The results indicate that the self-evaluation process evokes a reputation-reflection response and that although such stimuli may not be readily recalled, all significant past behaviors remain firmly lodged in memory.
Publication Name: Social Cognition
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-016X
Year: 1992
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Possible selves and performance: the power of self-relevant imagery
Article Abstract:
Self-concept plays an important role in motivation and performance. The ability to perform effectively depends not only on innate skills but also on how one thinks about one's potentials. Three experiments were performed to analyze the relations between variations in self-concept and performance. Participants were required to project and imagine themselves in various scenarios of success or failure. Results indicate that self-concepts of future success were more accessible than concepts of failure.
Publication Name: Social Cognition
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-016X
Year: 1992
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Knowledge-based assumptions in causal attribution
Article Abstract:
College students were tested on knowledge-based assumptions in relation to causal attribution. Subjects' focal sets were identified and it was hypothesized that subjects' inference process reflects covariation assessments. A focal set is defined as the set of events held important by an attributor. Results showed that students' inference processes or knowledge-based assumptions paralleled their focal sets.
Publication Name: Social Cognition
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-016X
Year: 1992
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: On income formation of the population in the republic of Azerbaijan. Demographic trends in Azerbaijan on the treshold of the twenty-first century: principal tendencies and problems
- Abstracts: The quality of life concept in sociology. Is he sociology of deviance still relevant? Reflections on the academic job Search in sociology
- Abstracts: Rich rastas and communist rockers: a comparative study of the origin, diffusion and defusion of revolutionary musical codes
- Abstracts: Stephen King's 'Misery': Freudian sexual symbolism and the battle of the sexes. On the symbolism of juggling: the moral and aesthetic implications of the mastery of falling objects
- Abstracts: Forced repatriation of Haitian refugees. The Haitian crisis: a Catholic response. Assimilation and repatriation conflicts of the Hmong refugees in a Wisconsin community: a qualitative study of five local groups