Rationality vs. accuracy of social judgment
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Two experiments were conducted to evaluate both the rationality and the accuracy of social judgment among subjects. One experiment focused on the accuracy of the subjects' inferences from dispositions to behaviors, while the other investigated inferences from both dispositions to behaviors and behaviors to dispositions. With moderate Bayesian consistency, the results revealed that the subjects' judgments forecast targets' behavior and precisely distinguished between dispositional criteria.
Publication Name: Social Cognition
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-016X
Year: 1997
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Cognitive discrepancy models: actual, ideal, potential, and future self-perspectives of body image
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Self-concept tends to be positively affected by an optimistic self-perception of one's future body image. A study participated in by 793 high school students reveals that future effects on self-concept are more likely to be positive than negative after actual self control has has been achieved. Control of ideal self enables potential self to be positive than negative. Meanwhile, a strong correlationship is observed between potential and ideal selves.
Publication Name: Social Cognition
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-016X
Year: 1999
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Beyond general arousal: effects of specific emotions on memory
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Research shows that people can remember more about their experiences when they are happy than when they are sad or angry. Evidence suggests that memory usage is less effective when the subject is experiencing negative emotions. The storage and recall of narrative information during memory studies is discussed. People experiencing happiness recall almost twice the amount of information that those experiencing anger.
Publication Name: Social Cognition
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-016X
Year: 1997
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