Cognitive consequences of perceiving social exclusion

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ID9007654
AuthorsNatalie A Wyer (0000-0002-8169-976X, University of Plymouth, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume44
Issue4
Pages1003-1012
Publication date2008-03-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Experimental Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1031 • E-ISSN: 1096-0465
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jesp.2008.03.002
OpenAlexW1977136477
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited43

Although a great deal is now known about how people mentally represent individuals and groups, less attention has been paid to the question of how interpersonal relationships are represented in memory. Drawing on principles of categorization, this paper reports an investigation into how we mentally represent the relationships of others. In three experiments, evidence for assimilation effects following social exclusion (and subsequent categorization) is found. Experiment 1 uses a judgment paradigm to demonstrate that social exclusion influences the perception of interpersonal closeness. Experiments 2 and 3 employ a memory confusion paradigm to establish that representations of relationship partners are assimilated following the exclusion of a third party

Categorization · Closeness · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Confusion · Interpersonal communication · Linguistics · Perception · Social cognition · Social perception · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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