Target entitativity
Implications for information processing about individual and group targets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6203698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allen R Mcconnell (0000-0003-0827-7795, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author), Steven J Sherman, David L Hamilton |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 750-762 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| 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 (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.72.4.750 |
| PMID | 9108693 |
| OpenAlex | W2080438603 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 111 |
| References cited | 7 |
It is hypothesized that perceptions of entitativity (i.e., seeing social targets as possessing unity and coherence) have important implications for how one organizes information about, and forms impressions of, individual and group targets. When perceivers expect entitativity, they should form an integrated impression of the target, resulting in on-line judgments. However, when perceivers expect little entitativity, they should not process target-relevant information in an integrative fashion, resulting in memory-based judgments. Although many factors affect perceptions of entitativity, the current study focused on expectations of similarity and behavioral consistency. It was predicted that in general, perceivers expect greater entitativity for individual than group targets. However, when explicitly provided with similar expectancies of entitativity, information processing would be similar for both individual and group targets. Two experiments supported these predictions, using recall, memory-judgment correlation, and illusory correlation measures.
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy · Consistency (knowledge bases · Group (periodic table) · Impression formation · Information processing · Perception · Recall · Similarity (geometry · Social information processing · Social perception · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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