Conception of Interpersonal Trait and Action Categories

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ID19280900
AuthorsLars Nystedt (Stockholm University, corresponding author), Jakob Smári (Stockholm University)
Year1987
Volume55
Issue4
Pages711-727
Publication date1987-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-6494.1987.tb00459.x
OpenAlexW1976264888
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Kim and Rosenberg (1980) have found that the evaluative dimension is the only one of three semantic differential factors that is generally present in implicit personality theories at the individual level In the present study it is argued that this might be less true for cognitive elements at levels of abstraction lower than trait terms One group of subjects rated the likelihood of co‐occurrence of trait terms, a second group rated the likelihood of co‐occurrence of verbal descriptions of action categories, and two other groups rated traits and action categories respectively on nine semantic differential scales Co‐occurrence matrices were analyzed at the individual level and ratings of scales from each semantic dimension were projected into the resultant spatial structures The multiple correlation (MR) coefficients for each scale and individual were calculated In line with Kim and Rosenberg's findings the MR's for the evaluative scale were consistently high across individuals for both traits and action categories, whereas for activity and dominance scales they varied greatly There was, however, a significant tendency for evaluation to show greater dominance over the other aspects for traits than for action categories Implications of the study are discussed in terms of individual level of cognitive functioning and the domain specificity of social information processing

Action (physics) · Big Five personality traits · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Correlation · Developmental psychology · Dominance (genetics) · Interpersonal communication · Multidimensional scaling · Personality · Semantic differential · Statistics · Trait · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Psychological Testing and Assessment · Psychology · Social Psychology

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