Hutter, R.R.C, Wood, C. and Turner, R.N. (2013) Individuation Moderates Impressions of Conflicting Categories for Slower Processors. Social Psychology, 44 (4). ISSN 1864-9335
Abstract
We investigated individuation – attribute-based impressions associated with each unique individual rather than their categorical membership – as a moderator of impressions formed when slower versus faster processors encounter conflicting social category conjunctions. Descriptions of incongruent (e.g., female bricklayer), but not congruent category conjunctions (e.g., female nurse) were moderated by individuation in the application of emergent attributes (novel attributes associated exclusively with the category conjunction and not the constituents). However, this was only the case for slow processors. These findings suggest that the means by which slower processors relative to faster processors form impressions for poorly correlated category conjunctions vary systematically. Individuated impressions lead to emergent attribute application for perceivers with slower processing ability. We discuss the implications of these findings.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012 Hogrefe. This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Social Psychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | social category conjunction , impression formation , individuation , processing speed |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2015 09:08 |
Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2018 07:37 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000108 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Hogrefe |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000108 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85391 |