Sharon A Akimoto
Biographic Data
| ID | 4981260 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon A Akimoto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon A |
| FAMILY NAME | Akimoto |
| SIGNATURE | AKIMOTO S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Affect and understanding during everyday cross-race experiences
The present research uses an event sampling method to test whether, compared to same-race interactions, everyday cross-race contact is better characterized by the presence of negative affect or the absence of positive affect. Everyday intergroup interactions have some positive and negative aspects, so the present research independently assesses positive affect and negative affect along with felt understanding and misunderstanding. Across 3 studie…
Feeling understood as a key to cultural differences in life satisfaction
Differences in Self-Effacing Behavior between European and Japanese Americans
Self-presentational differences and subsequent misperceptions between Japanese Americans and European Americans were examined. In Experiment 1, Japanese Americans and European Americans were given positive feedback on their performance and were asked to either publicly or privately describe their performance. As predicted, Japanese Americans described their performance less favorably than European Americans in public but not in private. In Experi…
Overestimating causality
People may routinely overestimate the strength of a hypothesized cause of an outcome. In 4 experiments, Ss exaggerated the extent to which an outcome resulted from a focal cause. The tendency was attenuated when Ss were prompted to explain the outcome or consider alternative causes before the judgment. Surprisingly, stronger causal inferences were drawn when Ss were highly accountable for their judgments. The results indicate that causal inferenc…
Affect and understanding during everyday cross-race experiences
The present research uses an event sampling method to test whether, compared to same-race interactions, everyday cross-race contact is better characterized by the presence of negative affect or the absence of positive affect. Everyday intergroup interactions have some positive and negative aspects, so the present research independently assesses positive affect and negative affect along with felt understanding and misunderstanding. Across 3 studie…
Feeling understood as a key to cultural differences in life satisfaction
Overestimating causality
People may routinely overestimate the strength of a hypothesized cause of an outcome. In 4 experiments, Ss exaggerated the extent to which an outcome resulted from a focal cause. The tendency was attenuated when Ss were prompted to explain the outcome or consider alternative causes before the judgment. Surprisingly, stronger causal inferences were drawn when Ss were highly accountable for their judgments. The results indicate that causal inferenc…
Differences in Self-Effacing Behavior between European and Japanese Americans
Self-presentational differences and subsequent misperceptions between Japanese Americans and European Americans were examined. In Experiment 1, Japanese Americans and European Americans were given positive feedback on their performance and were asked to either publicly or privately describe their performance. As predicted, Japanese Americans described their performance less favorably than European Americans in public but not in private. In Experi…
Overestimating causality
People may routinely overestimate the strength of a hypothesized cause of an outcome. In 4 experiments, Ss exaggerated the extent to which an outcome resulted from a focal cause. The tendency was attenuated when Ss were prompted to explain the outcome or consider alternative causes before the judgment. Surprisingly, stronger causal inferences were drawn when Ss were highly accountable for their judgments. The results indicate that causal inferenc…
Differences in Self-Effacing Behavior between European and Japanese Americans
Self-presentational differences and subsequent misperceptions between Japanese Americans and European Americans were examined. In Experiment 1, Japanese Americans and European Americans were given positive feedback on their performance and were asked to either publicly or privately describe their performance. As predicted, Japanese Americans described their performance less favorably than European Americans in public but not in private. In Experi…
Feeling understood as a key to cultural differences in life satisfaction
Affect and understanding during everyday cross-race experiences
The present research uses an event sampling method to test whether, compared to same-race interactions, everyday cross-race contact is better characterized by the presence of negative affect or the absence of positive affect. Everyday intergroup interactions have some positive and negative aspects, so the present research independently assesses positive affect and negative affect along with felt understanding and misunderstanding. Across 3 studie…
Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Feeling (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Affect (linguistics (1 work) · Attribution (1 work)