Research article summary (published 27 Feb 2001):

Chronic and temporary distinct expectancies as comparison standards: automatic contrast in dispositional judgments.

Full Abstract

In 4 studies, the authors examined whether making outcome expectancies distinct resulted in their use as comparison standards and, consequently, in contrastive dispositional inferences for a target's behaviors. The expectancies examined were based on either chronic future-event expectancies (Study 1) or temporary, manipulated expectancy standards (Studies 2-4). Analyses revealed that when contextual expectancies were distinct or separable from target information, participants' dispositional judgments were contrasted from them under cognitive load and overcorrected (assimilated to them) under no load. These effects were mediated by participants' behavior categorizations. Evidence suggestive of a proceduralized form of correction for task difficulty and an effortful awareness-based correction for the effects of expectancies also were found. Results are examined in light of recent models of the dispositional inference process.

Author information

Author/s: Weary, G (G); Tobin, S J (SJ); Reich, D A (DA);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.

Grants: T32-MH19728 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: Journal of personality and social psychology (J Pers Soc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2001-Mar; vol 80 (issue 3) : pp 365-80

Dates: Created 2001/04/12; Completed 2001/06/28; Revised 2009/11/11;

PMID: 11300572, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/11/2009, IMS Date: )

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Analysis of Variance Cognition Cognitive Science Female Humans Judgment

Male Mental Recall Models, Psychological Motivation Psychology, Social Social Perception

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