Frans W Siero
Biographic Data
| ID | 110643 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frans W Siero |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frans W |
| FAMILY NAME | Siero |
| SIGNATURE | SIERO F W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
General Antecedents of Personal Norms, Policy Acceptability, and Intentions
Results of two studies are reported, in which we compare the predictive power of three general behavioral antecedents (i.e., values, worldviews, and environmental concern) in explaining personal norms, behavioral intentions (i.e., environmental activism), and acceptability of energy policies. Values-especially biospheric-appeared to be more powerful in explaining personal norms, intentions, and policy acceptability than were worldviews and enviro…
Retracted
Comparing consumption with nonconsumption situations, we propose and test the self-activation effect of advertisements, which holds that attractiveness-relevant products in advertisements can increase consumer self-activation and lower consumer self-evaluation. Four experiments provide support for this effect by showing that after viewing advertised beauty-enhancing products, but not advertised problem-solving products, thoughts about the self ar…
I'm better off now
Two new psychological concepts related to relapse in smoking cessation were tested. 'Temporal comparisons' are ex-smokers' evaluations of their present situation compared to their situation as a smoker. 'Exposure evaluations' are evaluations of situations ex-smokers encountered when they used to smoke. In a cohort study among 323 ex-smokers, both concepts significantly predicted relapse after six months. Moreover, the relationship between tempora…
Why some women can feel more, and others less, attractive after exposure to attractive targets
As the tendency to compare oneself with others may be associated with the tendency to focus on similarities, we hypothesized that individual differences in social comparison orientation (SCO) may moderate the consequences of upward and downward comparisons. In Study 1, high comparers were found to focus more on similarities than low comparers, suggesting that high comparers are more likely to assimilate in general. In Study 2, SCO was found to be…
On models and vases
When and why do media-portrayed physically attractive women affect perceivers' self-evaluations? In 6 studies, the authors showed that whether such images affect self-evaluations depends jointly on target features and perceiver features. In Study 1, exposure to a physically attractive target, compared with exposure to an equally attractive model, lowered women's self-evaluations. Study 2 showed that body-dissatisfied women, to a greater extent th…
Social comparison and satisfaction with one's social life
In this study (N = 96), the role of social comparison in evaluating the quality of one's friendships and social relationships was examined. Participants who were exposed to a comparison target with a very dissatisfying social life evaluated their own social life as better than participants who were exposed to a comparison target with a very satisfying social life. However, this effect was only found among individuals high in the individual charac…
Issue Involvement and Low- Versus High-Power Style as Related to Attitude Change in Sex-Role Egalitarianism
In a pretest-posttest design, subscribers to women’s magazines were mailed a high- versus low-power message arguing a radical feminist view. Uninvolved women changed their opinions more after the high-power-style message, and involved women more after the low-power-style message
Attitude change following persuasive communication
An experiment was conducted to examine the influence of the perceived extremity of a message and motivation to elaborate upon the process of persuasion. The first goal was to test a model of attitude change relating Social Judgment Theory to the Elaboration Likelihood Model. The second objective was to develop an instrument to measure attitude structure (latitudes of acceptance, non‐commitment, and rejection) that allowed for a more refined asses…
Evaluative Feedback as a Determinant of the Pygmalion Effect
We postulated that teachers' expectations affect students' achievement via the evaluative feedback teachers give to them. To register the feedback we developed an observational instrument of 10 verbal and 10 nonverbal categories. Teachers show more negative nonverbal feedback (head movements) towards children who are thought not to be able to improve their performance than to children considered underachievers. On the other hand, teachers seem to…
Effects of positive feedback on self‐evaluations and spelling achievement in a real educational setting
General Antecedents of Personal Norms, Policy Acceptability, and Intentions
Results of two studies are reported, in which we compare the predictive power of three general behavioral antecedents (i.e., values, worldviews, and environmental concern) in explaining personal norms, behavioral intentions (i.e., environmental activism), and acceptability of energy policies. Values-especially biospheric-appeared to be more powerful in explaining personal norms, intentions, and policy acceptability than were worldviews and enviro…
On models and vases
When and why do media-portrayed physically attractive women affect perceivers' self-evaluations? In 6 studies, the authors showed that whether such images affect self-evaluations depends jointly on target features and perceiver features. In Study 1, exposure to a physically attractive target, compared with exposure to an equally attractive model, lowered women's self-evaluations. Study 2 showed that body-dissatisfied women, to a greater extent th…
Social comparison and satisfaction with one's social life
In this study (N = 96), the role of social comparison in evaluating the quality of one's friendships and social relationships was examined. Participants who were exposed to a comparison target with a very dissatisfying social life evaluated their own social life as better than participants who were exposed to a comparison target with a very satisfying social life. However, this effect was only found among individuals high in the individual charac…
Retracted
Comparing consumption with nonconsumption situations, we propose and test the self-activation effect of advertisements, which holds that attractiveness-relevant products in advertisements can increase consumer self-activation and lower consumer self-evaluation. Four experiments provide support for this effect by showing that after viewing advertised beauty-enhancing products, but not advertised problem-solving products, thoughts about the self ar…
Why some women can feel more, and others less, attractive after exposure to attractive targets
As the tendency to compare oneself with others may be associated with the tendency to focus on similarities, we hypothesized that individual differences in social comparison orientation (SCO) may moderate the consequences of upward and downward comparisons. In Study 1, high comparers were found to focus more on similarities than low comparers, suggesting that high comparers are more likely to assimilate in general. In Study 2, SCO was found to be…
Attitude change following persuasive communication
An experiment was conducted to examine the influence of the perceived extremity of a message and motivation to elaborate upon the process of persuasion. The first goal was to test a model of attitude change relating Social Judgment Theory to the Elaboration Likelihood Model. The second objective was to develop an instrument to measure attitude structure (latitudes of acceptance, non‐commitment, and rejection) that allowed for a more refined asses…
Effects of positive feedback on self‐evaluations and spelling achievement in a real educational setting
Evaluative Feedback as a Determinant of the Pygmalion Effect
We postulated that teachers' expectations affect students' achievement via the evaluative feedback teachers give to them. To register the feedback we developed an observational instrument of 10 verbal and 10 nonverbal categories. Teachers show more negative nonverbal feedback (head movements) towards children who are thought not to be able to improve their performance than to children considered underachievers. On the other hand, teachers seem to…
Attitude change following persuasive communication
An experiment was conducted to examine the influence of the perceived extremity of a message and motivation to elaborate upon the process of persuasion. The first goal was to test a model of attitude change relating Social Judgment Theory to the Elaboration Likelihood Model. The second objective was to develop an instrument to measure attitude structure (latitudes of acceptance, non‐commitment, and rejection) that allowed for a more refined asses…
Issue Involvement and Low- Versus High-Power Style as Related to Attitude Change in Sex-Role Egalitarianism
In a pretest-posttest design, subscribers to women’s magazines were mailed a high- versus low-power message arguing a radical feminist view. Uninvolved women changed their opinions more after the high-power-style message, and involved women more after the low-power-style message
On models and vases
When and why do media-portrayed physically attractive women affect perceivers' self-evaluations? In 6 studies, the authors showed that whether such images affect self-evaluations depends jointly on target features and perceiver features. In Study 1, exposure to a physically attractive target, compared with exposure to an equally attractive model, lowered women's self-evaluations. Study 2 showed that body-dissatisfied women, to a greater extent th…
Social comparison and satisfaction with one's social life
In this study (N = 96), the role of social comparison in evaluating the quality of one's friendships and social relationships was examined. Participants who were exposed to a comparison target with a very dissatisfying social life evaluated their own social life as better than participants who were exposed to a comparison target with a very satisfying social life. However, this effect was only found among individuals high in the individual charac…
Why some women can feel more, and others less, attractive after exposure to attractive targets
As the tendency to compare oneself with others may be associated with the tendency to focus on similarities, we hypothesized that individual differences in social comparison orientation (SCO) may moderate the consequences of upward and downward comparisons. In Study 1, high comparers were found to focus more on similarities than low comparers, suggesting that high comparers are more likely to assimilate in general. In Study 2, SCO was found to be…
General Antecedents of Personal Norms, Policy Acceptability, and Intentions
Results of two studies are reported, in which we compare the predictive power of three general behavioral antecedents (i.e., values, worldviews, and environmental concern) in explaining personal norms, behavioral intentions (i.e., environmental activism), and acceptability of energy policies. Values-especially biospheric-appeared to be more powerful in explaining personal norms, intentions, and policy acceptability than were worldviews and enviro…
Retracted
Comparing consumption with nonconsumption situations, we propose and test the self-activation effect of advertisements, which holds that attractiveness-relevant products in advertisements can increase consumer self-activation and lower consumer self-evaluation. Four experiments provide support for this effect by showing that after viewing advertised beauty-enhancing products, but not advertised problem-solving products, thoughts about the self ar…
I'm better off now
Two new psychological concepts related to relapse in smoking cessation were tested. 'Temporal comparisons' are ex-smokers' evaluations of their present situation compared to their situation as a smoker. 'Exposure evaluations' are evaluations of situations ex-smokers encountered when they used to smoke. In a cohort study among 323 ex-smokers, both concepts significantly predicted relapse after six months. Moreover, the relationship between tempora…
Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Affect (linguistics (3 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (3 works) · Communication (3 works) · Communication (3 works) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (3 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 works)