Causal perceptions of inter-trait relations:: the glue that holds person types together
Causal perceptions of inter-trait relations:: the glue that holds person types together
Two experiments tested the hypothesis that implicit
personality theory person types are composed of causally
interconnected traits. Experiment 1 showed that the weakest
trait member of a person type is perceived as more causally
related to the core trait members of the type than are
nonmember traits, even when those nonmember traits are
both more highly correlated with and closer in
multidimensional scaling (MDS) space to the core members
than the weakest member. Experiment 2 demonstrated that
within-person-type members are perceived as more causally
related to each other than to members of other types even
when all are located in the same MDS space. The hypothesis
that person types consist of causally interrelated traits was
strongly sup-ported. Implications for categorization,
impression formation, and stereotyping are considered.
social perception, stereotyping
294–302
Sedikides, Constantine
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Anderson, Craig
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2 May 1994
Sedikides, Constantine
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Anderson, Craig
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Sedikides, Constantine and Anderson, Craig
(1994)
Causal perceptions of inter-trait relations:: the glue that holds person types together.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 20 (3), .
Abstract
Two experiments tested the hypothesis that implicit
personality theory person types are composed of causally
interconnected traits. Experiment 1 showed that the weakest
trait member of a person type is perceived as more causally
related to the core trait members of the type than are
nonmember traits, even when those nonmember traits are
both more highly correlated with and closer in
multidimensional scaling (MDS) space to the core members
than the weakest member. Experiment 2 demonstrated that
within-person-type members are perceived as more causally
related to each other than to members of other types even
when all are located in the same MDS space. The hypothesis
that person types consist of causally interrelated traits was
strongly sup-ported. Implications for categorization,
impression formation, and stereotyping are considered.
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Published date: 2 May 1994
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social perception, stereotyping
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