Content versus source cue information as a basis for credibility judgments. The impact of task involvement.

Autor/inn/en	Reinhard, Marc-André; Sporer, Siegfried L.
Titel	Content versus source cue information as a basis for credibility judgments. The impact of task involvement.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 41 (2010) 2, S. 93-104Infoseite 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/a000014
Schlagwörter	Attribution; Glaubwürdigkeit; Reiz; Information; Modell; Engagement; Täuschung; Attribution; Glaubwürdigkeit; Reiz; Täuschung; Engagement; Modell; Information
Abstract	Investigated the process of credibility attribution in simulated everyday life situations. In the present 3 experiments, basic assumptions of dual-process theories are used to explain the process of credibility attribution: the assumption that high task involvement leads to intensive processing of content information, whereas low task involvement leads to the use of noncontent information such as source cues when people make credibility judgments. Experiment 1 (120 college students mean age 23.4 years) showed, as predicted, that when task involvement is low only source attractiveness influences credibility attributions; when task involvement is high, content information also influences credibility attributions. Experiments 2 (72 female college students mean age 24.0 years) and 3 (128 college students mean age 24.3 years) replicated these results with different source cue and message content manipulations. The findings demonstrate the fruitfulness of applying basic assumptions of dual-process theories to the field of deceptive-communication research. Practical implications for forensic credibility assessment are outlined. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2011/1