When negative expectancies turn into negative performance: The role of ease of retrieval

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The hypothesis of the ease of retrieval heuristic to the impact of negative stereotypic expectations on test performance is discussed. It is argued that when individuals recall information that supports negative stereotypic expectations, the activation may impair test performance relative to conditions when no stereotypic expectations are activated.

Germany, Analysis, Stereotypes (Psychology), Stereotyped behavior (Psychiatry), Stereotyped behaviour, Negation (Logic)

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Inferring the importance of arguments: order effects and conversational rules

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Order effects in one-sided and two-sided communications are investigated experimentally. It is proposed that communicative aspects play a central role in the emergence of order effects where such effects were eliminated when the applicability of participant's expectations was experimentally reduced.

Debates and debating, Debates, Social psychology, Forensics (Public speaking), Order (Philosophy)

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Lay theories in affective forecasting: the progression of affect

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The study focuses on theories that concern progressions of affective responses, related to beliefs about the adaptation process. Results and implications for the inaccuracy of affective forecasts are explored.

United States, Evaluation, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Cognitive psychology, Affect (Psychology), Adaptation level (Psychology)

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