Individuation moderates impressions of conflicting categories for slower processors.

Autor/inn/en	Hutter, Russell R. C.; Wood, Chantelle; Turner, Rhiannon N.
Titel	Individuation moderates impressions of conflicting categories for slower processors.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 44 (2013) 4, S. 239-247Infoseite 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/a000108
Schlagwörter	Attribution; Eindruck; Kognitive Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit; Kognitiver Prozess; Soziale Kognition; Klassifikation
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. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2014/2