Abstract
Two experiments investigated differences in forming impressions of individual and group targets. Experiment 1 showed that when forming an impression of an individual, perceivers made more extreme trait judgments, made those judgments more quickly and with greater confidence, and recalled more information than when the impression target was a group. Experiment 2 showed that when participants were forming an impression of an individual, expectancy-inconsistent behaviors spontaneously triggered causal attributions to resolve the inconsistency; this was not the case when the impression target was a group. Results are interpreted as reflecting perceivers' a priori assumptions of unity and coherence in individual versus group targets.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 181-191 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Sociology and Political Science
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Perceiving individuals and groups : Expectancies, dispositional inferences, and causal attributions. / Susskind, Joshua; Maurer, Kristin; Thakkar, Vinita; Hamilton, David L.; Sherman, Jeffrey.
In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 76, No. 2, 01.02.1999, p. 181-191.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Perceiving individuals and groups
T2 - Expectancies, dispositional inferences, and causal attributions
AU - Susskind, Joshua
AU - Maurer, Kristin
AU - Thakkar, Vinita
AU - Hamilton, David L.
AU - Sherman, Jeffrey
PY - 1999/2/1
Y1 - 1999/2/1
N2 - Two experiments investigated differences in forming impressions of individual and group targets. Experiment 1 showed that when forming an impression of an individual, perceivers made more extreme trait judgments, made those judgments more quickly and with greater confidence, and recalled more information than when the impression target was a group. Experiment 2 showed that when participants were forming an impression of an individual, expectancy-inconsistent behaviors spontaneously triggered causal attributions to resolve the inconsistency; this was not the case when the impression target was a group. Results are interpreted as reflecting perceivers' a priori assumptions of unity and coherence in individual versus group targets.
AB - Two experiments investigated differences in forming impressions of individual and group targets. Experiment 1 showed that when forming an impression of an individual, perceivers made more extreme trait judgments, made those judgments more quickly and with greater confidence, and recalled more information than when the impression target was a group. Experiment 2 showed that when participants were forming an impression of an individual, expectancy-inconsistent behaviors spontaneously triggered causal attributions to resolve the inconsistency; this was not the case when the impression target was a group. Results are interpreted as reflecting perceivers' a priori assumptions of unity and coherence in individual versus group targets.
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JO - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
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