Individual differences in attitude structure and the accessibility of the affective and cognitive components of attitude

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An investigation on whether individuals with strongly versus weakly structured attitudes differ in the accessibility of their affective and cognitive responses is presented. The results of the study demonstrate the importance of considering individual differences in the way people organize their attitudes, as well as the distinction between the affective and cognitive components of attitude.

Author: Huskinson, Thomas L.H., Haddock, Geoffrey
Analysis, Cognitive balance

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Perceived-induced constraint and attitude attribution in Japan and the U.S.: a case for the cultural dependence of the correspondence bias

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A cross-cultural assessment of the correspondence bias was made using the perceiver induced constraint paradigm. The study revealed that Americans showed a correspondence bias but Japanese did not show any such bias in the free-choice condition and the strong correspondent inferences were seen in the standard no-choice condition.

Author: Kitayama, Shinobu, Masuda, Takahiko
Japan, Prejudices, Prejudice

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Individual differences in attitude structure: variance chronic reliance on affective and cognitive information

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The proclivity of individual differences in attitude structure is examined. Studied indicate that an affect-based appeal is more persuasive among individuals with affective attitudes, and that individuals with cognitive attitudes are more persuaded by a cognitive appeal.

Author: Huskinson, Thomas L.H., Haddock, Geoffrey
Individual differences, Individual differences (Psychology)

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Subjects list: United States, Attitudes, Attitude (Psychology), Evaluation, Cognition
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