Primed self-construal, culture, and stages of impression formation.

Autor/inn/en	Saribay, S. Adil; Rim, SoYon; Uleman, James S.
Titel	Primed self-construal, culture, and stages of impression formation.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 43 (2012) 4, S. 196-204Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000120
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Kultur; Eindruck; Selbstkonzept; Vorbereitung
Abstract	The effects of culture on impression formation are widely documented but poorly understood. Priming independent and interdependent self-construals, and focusing on particular stages of impression formation, could help remedy this because such self-construals differ across cultures. In three experiments, participants' were primed with independent or interdependent self-construals before they formed spontaneous or intentional impressions of others. In Experiment 1, lexical decision reaction times showed that both traits and situational properties were activated spontaneously, but were unaffected by self-construal priming. In Experiment 2, a false-recognition paradigm showed that spontaneous trait inferences were bound to relevant actors' faces, again regardless of self-construal priming. In Experiment 3, explicit ratings did show priming effects. Those primed with independent (but not interdependent) self-construal inferred traits more strongly than situational properties. Primed self-construals appear to affect intentional but not spontaneous stages of impression formation. The differences between effects of primed and chronic self-construals are discussed. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2013/3