A disposition-behavior congruity model of perceived freedom

Yaacov Trope; Eugene Burnstein

doi:10.1016/0022-1031(77)90005-1

A disposition-behavior congruity model of perceived freedom

Yaacov Trope, Eugene Burnstein

Psychology

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Three experiments were conducted to test a disposition-behavior congruity model of perceived freedom. The model was applied to attributions of freedom to actors who possess one of several dispositions and who can choose a behavior that is congruent or incongruent with this disposition. The model posits that attributions of freedom to an actor can be predicted from the conditional probabilities that the actor would choose each behavior available to him if he possessed the disposition congruent with it. This hypothesis was supported. However, contrary to expectations, the contribution to judgment of each conditional probability was not a function of the probability that the actor actually possessed the behavior-congruent disposition.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	357-368
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1031(77)90005-1
State	Published - Jul 1977

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Sociology and Political Science

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