Effects of communication goals and expectancies on language abstraction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10161808 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen M Douglas (0000-0002-0381-6924, Keele University, corresponding author), Robbie M Sutton (0000-0003-1542-1716, Keele University) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 682-696 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.84.4.682 |
| PMID | 12703643 |
| OpenAlex | W2073976614 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 45 |
| References cited | 66 |
Language abstraction is an important aspect of the description of behavioral events (G.R. Semin & K. Fiedler, 1988) that is typically viewed as a medium by which describers transmit beliefs without conscious awareness or control. Complementary to this view, the authors propose that language abstraction may also be influenced by explicit communication goals such as aggrandizement or derogation, allowing describers to express beliefs that they do not themselves possess. Five studies are reported that support this proposal, showing that explicit communication goals have strong effects on language abstraction that are independent of effects of describers' beliefs or expectancies. Language abstraction is therefore both a medium for the transmission of existing beliefs and a tool by which communicators can create new beliefs
Abstraction · Cognitive psychology · Control (management · Derogation · Epistemology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Social Psychology · Team Dynamics and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 45 |
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| Citations per year | 2,05 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 43 |