The density of the Big Two. How are agency and communion structurally represented?

Autor/inn/en	Bruckmüller, Susanne; Abele, Andrea E.
Titel	The density of the Big Two. How are agency and communion structurally represented?
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 44 (2013) 2, S. 63-74Infoseite 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/a000145
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Empathie; Handlung; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Handlung; Moral; Kompetenz; Dominanz; Moral; Dominanz
Abstract	Communion and agency are fundamental dimensions of social perception and judgment. Previous research revealed a primacy of communion in social information processing. The present research investigates whether there is a similar asymmetry in the "density" of communion and agency. The authors test whether communal content is more densely clustered in memory than agentic content, that is, more similar to other communal content than agentic content is similar to other agentic content. Three multidimensional scaling studies address this question and suggest an interaction with valence: While negative communal content is more densely clustered than negative agentic content, differences in density between positive communal and positive agentic content were not found. In addition to enhancing our understanding of the fundamental dimensions and their structural representation, this research might open a new perspective on old questions regarding person perception and implicit personality theories. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2014/1